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Should governments really be using AI to remake the state?

91av's revelation that a UK minister is asking ChatGPT for advice raises the question of what role these new AI tools should play in government – and whether we should really think of them as intelligent

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Mind

Understanding conscious experience isn’t beyond the realm of science

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Colorectal cancer cells. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cancer cells from the human colon (large intestine). Cancer of the colon is also known as colorectal cancer. Symptoms include rectal bleeding and abdominal pain. Treatment is with surgery to remove the affected area. Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the Western world. Magnification: x 3000 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

Health

Health scares for a new generation must be tackled with solid science

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Life

How to think about the most contentious ideas in science

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Life

The 7 most consequential moments in the history of everything

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Quantum computer circuitry illustration. Conventional computers store information as 'bits', with each transistor holding either a 1 or a 0. Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which operate according to two principles of quantum physics. One of the principles, supposition, allows a qubit to store a 1 and a 0 at the same time. This means two qubits can hold four values at once. The second principle, entanglement, means that the state of one qubit can depend on the state of another. As you expand the number of qubits, the machine becomes exponentially more powerful.

Technology

Why AI firms should follow the example of quantum computing research

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2SA3JYH Various Artificial Intelligence mobile apps, DeepSeek open-source large language models app on January 28, 2025 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Technology

DeepSeek has burst the AI hype bubble – now all bets are off

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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 29: Pro Affirmative Action supporters and and counter protestors shout at each outside of the Supreme Court of the United States on Thursday, June 29, 2023 in Washington, DC. In a 6-3 vote, Supreme Court Justices ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional, setting precedent for affirmative action in other universities and colleges. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Society

Building a true meritocracy means removing barriers, not ignoring them

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Wake up to the bigger picture on how to get a better night’s sleep

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Wake up to the bigger picture on how to get a better night’s sleep

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2GNHAFF Plakat: SOS. Am 24. September 2021 versammelten sich in Munchen 29.000 Menschen beim Globalen Klimastreik vor der Bundestagswahl, um ein deutliches Zeichen fur Klimaschutz & Umweltschutz, die Einhaltung des Pariser Abkommens und das 1,5 Grad Ziel und um Druck auf die Wahler*innen sowie die Parteien auszuuben. * On September 24, 2021 29,000 people joined the global climate strike two days before the German Parliamentary Elections in Munich, Germany. They protested to show a clear message for climate and environmental protection, for the Paris Agreement & the 1.5 degree goal, and to make pre

Environment

Are we entering a dangerous new phase of climate change?

A series of events, from the California wildfires to evidence we passed 1.5 degrees last year, suggests wild weather will become even more common

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Technology

A healthy dose of AI can improve medical care and save lives

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Health

We must revisit the covid-19 pandemic to prepare for future outbreaks

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Health

Forget aesthetics, the reason to look after our skin should be health

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Environment

To fix the world's problems, we need both optimism and pessimism

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