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Life

Sun bears copy each other's facial expressions to communicate

The world's smallest bears, sun bears, copy one another's facial expressions as a means of communication. Few other animals are known to do this

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Technology

The best image-recognition AIs are fooled by slightly rotated images

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Technology

World-class Go-playing AI has learned to do really hard colouring-in

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Humans

Breathing in before doing something may actually make you better at it

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Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani

Technology

An AI has created music based on Bach – but will an audience notice?

Culture

Picture-editing AI lets you easily alter a celebrity’s face

Technology

Picture-editing AI lets you easily alter a celebrity’s face

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A digital assistant and a person

Technology

AIs could debate whether a smart assistant should snitch on you

News

We don't know the real impact of fake news and other disinformation

Technology

We don't know the real impact of fake news and other disinformation

Leader

How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

Mind

How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

Features

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Technology

Fears of OpenAI’s super-trolling artificial intelligence are overblown

Elon Musk-backed firm OpenAI has built a text-generating AI that it says is too dangerous to release because of potential misuse

Analysis

Technology

AI has helped rescue children trafficked for sexual exploitation

News

Technology

AI can diagnose childhood illnesses better than some doctors

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Life

Crows can solve a tricky puzzle box by planning ahead and using tools

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Life

Bees can pass a simple maths test but they might just be cheating

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