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Tiny swimming robots reach their target faster thanks to AI nudges

Swimming robots the size of bacteria can be knocked off course by particles in the fluid they are moving through, but an AI algorithm learns from feedback to get them to their target quickly

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Kate Crawford interview: How AI is exploiting people and the planet

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Kate Crawford interview: How AI is exploiting people and the planet

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Why do flamingos stand on one leg?

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Why do flamingos stand on one leg?

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Horses may recognise themselves in a mirror, hinting at self-awareness

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Altered bioelectric genes give zebrafish wings like flying fish

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Altered bioelectric genes give zebrafish wings like flying fish

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UK still using racially biased passport tool despite available update

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Electric catfish cannot be shocked and scientists don’t know why

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Electric catfish cannot be shocked and scientists don’t know why

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Some Amazon jaguars have adapted to live in treetops to avoid flooding

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Some Amazon jaguars have adapted to live in treetops to avoid flooding

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Some sea slugs behead themselves and then regrow their bodies

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Some sea slugs behead themselves and then regrow their bodies

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AI has a specific Spider-Man 'brain cell' just like humans do

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AI has a specific Spider-Man 'brain cell' just like humans do

Human brains have neurons related to specific people, called grandmother cells, and now these have also been identified in artificial neural networks

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Some frogs have noise-cancelling lungs to dampen other species’ calls

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Facebook AI learned object recognition from 1 billion Instagram pics

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Playing dead really works to help insects avoid being eaten by birds

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Dolphins that help humans catch fish are being disturbed by ship noise

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