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Simone Giertz with lipstick all round her mouth, clearly applied by a robotic arm

Technology

The many reasons why we love useless robots

There's something deeply reassuring about inept robots. The queen of bad, useless, pathetic and downright dangerous machines explains

Opinion

robot deal

Technology

What game should artificial intelligence take on next?

Leader

Older dads

Health

Evolution acting on older dads is protecting our genetic health

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DRC Hubo robot holding a copy of the International New York Times newspaper

Technology

Machines are teaching themselves to grapple with the real world

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People playing the board game Go

Technology

How victory for Google’s Go AI is stoking fear in South Korea

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Prehistoric scene with tyrannosaur

Life

Skull of mini T. rex shows it gained intelligence before size

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Lee Sedol's winning smile

Technology

Humans strike back: How Lee Sedol won a game against AlphaGo

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Dented self-driving car

Technology

How Kinect cameras could prevent the next self-driving car crash

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Lee Sedol

Technology

Google AI program crushes Korean Go legend again in round two

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Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

Technology

Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

Researchers developing large-scale quantum computers hope that playing a video game will provide the solutions they need to program their advanced machines

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Technology

Watch the best human player take on the mighty AlphaGo AI at Go

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Technology

Does a machine beating a Go master mean human-like AI is close?

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Technology

'I'm in shock!' How an AI beat the world's best human at Go

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Technology

Facebook learns about the world like kids do – only faster

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