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Technology

AI learns to solve quantum state of many particles at once

The same kind of artificial intelligence that beat a top human player at Go could help grapple with the astonishing complexity of large quantum systems

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Humans

Smart-reading: How to read faster and comprehend more

Features

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Technology

Blind people ‘see’ microscope images using touch-feedback device

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Poker pro playing AI

Technology

AI just won a poker tournament against professional players

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The great VR Science Challenge

Technology

The great VR Science Challenge

Culture

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Life

Embryonic education: How learning begins long before birth

Features

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Technology

Smart buildings predict when critical systems are about to fail

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Humans

Super-you: We’re all reading each other’s minds, all the time

Features

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Technology

Concerns as face recognition tech used to 'identify' criminals

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Technology

AI learns to predict the future by watching 2 million videos

A deep learning system generates the next few frames of a story based on just one image, helping it to predict the future and understand the present

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Technology

Google’s DeepMind AI can lip-read TV shows better than a pro

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Technology

Google DeepMind’s AI learns to play with physical objects

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Technology

Binge-watching videos teaches computers to recognise sounds

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Life

Fruity or fermented? Algorithm predicts how molecules smell

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