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Alastair Reynolds: An exclusive short story for 91av

Alastair Reynolds: An exclusive short story for 91av

13 December 2023

Lottie and the River is a moving vision of the future from astrophysicist turned award-winning science fiction author Alastair Reynolds


Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024

12 December 2023

A neuromorphic supercomputer called DeepSouth will be capable of 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, which is on par with the estimated number of operations in the human brain


Ant head with compound eyes

‘Insect-eye’ compass can navigate by the sun even on a cloudy day

27 November 2023

By mimicking how some insects use polarised light to navigate, a light-detecting compass can tell where magnetic north is even if clouds are covering the sun


Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden

How the US and China talking AI safety could reduce nuclear war risk

16 November 2023

At a meeting between US president Biden and China president Xi, there was agreement on the need for more US-China government talks on AI safety


Ukrainian AI attack drones may be killing without human oversight

13 October 2023

Ukraine is using drones equipped with artificial intelligence that can identify and attack targets without any human control, in the first battlefield use of autonomous weapons or "killer robots"


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The Creator review: A mishmash of science fiction ideas

4 October 2023

Set during a futuristic war between humans and artificial intelligence, The Creator is nothing if not spectacular. Shame it is cobbled together from the tropes of other science fiction movies, says Simon Ings


Drones racing round a course

AI beats champion human pilots in head-to-head drone races

30 August 2023

The Swift AI has beaten expert drone racers in high-speed races using an on-board computer that fuses artificial intelligence and classical algorithms – a method that could speed up delivery drones


Flying bird robot can soar so well it uses almost no power

17 August 2023

An autonomous flying robot can float in place like a bird, using its throttle just 0.25 per cent of the time – which could make it useful for surveying a single spot for an extended period of time


Californian firefighter control centre

Smoke-spotting AI watches live video to find early signs of wildfire

4 August 2023

An AI that analyses live video from California’s statewide wildfire detection system could speedily focus human attention on possible wildfires


The MorphoLander with two smaller drones

Drone mother ship could release mini-drone swarm for search and rescue

4 August 2023

The MorphoLander drone carrier, which holds smaller "worker bee" drones, could be useful in search-and-rescue missions or industrial surveys


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