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Technology

AI made from a sheet of glass can recognise numbers just by looking

A sheet of glass can distinguish between drawings of 0 to 9, because light waves reflected off the images are bent differently as they pass through the glass

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Kronos quartet

Technology

A classical concert at the Barbican shows how AI interprets a recital

Culture

Google's AI training field

Technology

Google has made a virtual soccer pitch to train AIs to play football

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Life

Seals remember what they just did – but only for about 18 seconds

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A child and a poodle

Technology

Teaching AIs to make mistakes like kids would help them learn faster

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MRI scanner

Technology

AIs that diagnose diseases are starting to assist and replace doctors

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faces in crowd

Technology

I travelled to a future where AI cameras track your every move

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People in a stock exchange

Technology

AI learns to gamble illogically like humans to predict our behaviour

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A helicopter passes by a cloud

Technology

The US is making digital camouflage so that AIs can’t spot spy planes

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chimpanzees

Life

Death of mother prompts adolescent chimps to look after their siblings

After their mothers died, adolescent chimps adopted their younger siblings and became upset if they lost sight of them even temporarily

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Life

Seals have been trained to sing the Star Wars theme - have a listen

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Space

Working hypothesis: From DJ sets in space to ancient bagels

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Technology

AIs seem to be much worse at recognising objects from poorer countries

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Definition

Artificial intelligence (AI)