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AI reads brain activity to reveal what part of a movie you're watching

An artificial intelligence could gauge what characters and locations people were viewing in the film (500) Days of Summer based on the activity of their neurons

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Janus Films handout film still: THE BEAST Directed by Bertrand Bonello. The year is 2044: artificial intelligence controls all facets of a stoic society as humans routinely ?erase? their feelings. Hoping to eliminate pain caused by their past-life romances, Gabrielle (Le?a Seydoux) continually falls in love with different incarnations of Louis (George MacKay).

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Léa Seydoux and George MacKay dazzle in shocking sci-fi film The Beast

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Hunt for the Oldest DNA press picture. Eske Willerslev on fieldwork, Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland

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Documentary explores a geneticist's motivation to understand the past

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Sting film still (2024)

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Darkly comic sci-fi chiller sees a pet spider turn fast-growing hunter

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Matt Damon in The Martian

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Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong

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Quvenzhane Wallise in Breathe

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This one-room sci-fi thriller should take its MacGuffin more seriously

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SPACEMAN. Adam Sandler as Jakub??in Spaceman. Cr. Larry Horricks/Netflix ?? 2023.

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Spaceman review: Adam Sandler is a serious star as a lonely astronaut

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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Hollywood strike ends – but actors’ battle against AI may not be over

The longest actors’ strike in Hollywood history ended with an agreement that requires studios to get consent and pay performers for using AI-created digital replicas – but AI could still drastically change the industry

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The Creator review: A mishmash of science fiction ideas

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The Beast review: Is AI the beast in a powerful tale about emotions?

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Five of sci-fi's best corporate villains, according to author John Scalzi

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�鶹��ý recommends mixed-reality experience The Butterfly Trail

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