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machine learning

Breaking glass

Technology

Binge-watching videos teaches computers to recognise sounds

A computer model watched over two million internet videos and can now accurately identify noises such as door knocks, dog barks, snoring and toilet flushes

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People in lab coats sniff chemicals on test strips

Life

Fruity or fermented? Algorithm predicts how molecules smell

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robot with Lego

Technology

Robot learns to play with Lego by watching human teachers

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Louisa Harrison and her son Frank

Life

‘Autism therapy helped my child speak’ – a mum hails new method

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Google's neural networks invent their own encryption

Technology

Google's neural networks invent their own encryption

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robot workers

Technology

Basic common sense is key to building more intelligent machines

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Brain has carrot and stick to teach us how to behave

Life

Brain has carrot and stick to teach us how to behave

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children

Life

The kids are alright – if you leave them alone

Culture

AI reads your tweets and spots when you’re being sarcastic

Technology

AI reads your tweets and spots when you’re being sarcastic

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Two vehicles on a partly forested hillside

Technology

Driverless cars learn from landscape pics before going off-road

Highly variable terrain makes off-road driving harder for robots, but training them to identify navigable ground in photos gives them a head start

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Life

Budgies use grammar to find meaning in unfamiliar phrases

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Technology

Prisoners' code word caught by software that eavesdrops on calls

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Technology

Controversial software claims to tell personality from your face

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Technology

From autism to Chinese, a headset to help you with your language

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