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DeepMind’s AI beats world's best Go player in latest face-off

Technology

DeepMind’s AI beats world's best Go player in latest face-off

The Go-playing artificial intelligence from DeepMind defeated Ke Jie in the first of three matches taking place this week in Wuzhen, China

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A man being videoed

Technology

AI can doctor videos to put words in the mouths of speakers

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A robot in a depot

Technology

Automation will have a bigger impact on jobs in smaller cities

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Side-by-side comparison of an Egyptian vulture with and without the mud make-up

Life

Vultures smear their faces in red mud which they use as makeup

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crime scene

Technology

AI detective analyses police data to learn how to crack cases

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A robot in the classroom

Technology

Inquisitive bot asks questions to test your understanding

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chatbot

Technology

Chatbot challenges will make AIs discuss the latest news

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How to usher in an AI future with gain rather than pain

Technology

How to usher in an AI future with gain rather than pain

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A chimp holding a leaf, possibly drinking from it

Life

Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition

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A replica of the skull of Homo naledi

Life

Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

The first analyses of skull data from the most recently discovered species of early human suggest that its brain was surprising sophisticated

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Technology

AI learns to play video game from instructions in plain English

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Humans

Your true self: How your personality changes throughout life

Features

Humans

Your true self: The future is a foreign person

Features

Humans

Your true self: Why it’s morals that make the human

Features

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