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Algorithms can sway people when making online dating decisions

Recommendation algorithms seem to have the power to influence people, suggest experiments in which people used them to choose partners to date or fictional politicians to vote for

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Technology

Can the European Union prevent an artificial intelligence dystopia?

Analysis

Animal intelligence is so common, we must rethink our view of wildlife

Life

Animal intelligence is so common, we must rethink our view of wildlife

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Human-like intelligence in animals is far more common than we thought

Life

Human-like intelligence in animals is far more common than we thought

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How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour

Humans

How losing a bone in our noses gave us the ability to enjoy flavour

Culture

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Humans

People living 100,000 years ago spent time collecting crystals

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Tiny swimming robots reach their target faster thanks to AI nudges

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Kate Crawford interview: How AI is exploiting people and the planet

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Kate Crawford interview: How AI is exploiting people and the planet

Features

Your leg muscles automatically act to stop you falling when you trip

Humans

Your leg muscles automatically act to stop you falling when you trip

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UK still using racially biased passport tool despite available update

The UK government has failed to deploy an updated version of a face analysis algorithm used for checking passport pictures, despite knowing it works poorly for people with very light and very dark skin

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Technology

AI has a specific Spider-Man 'brain cell' just like humans do

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Technology

Facebook AI learned object recognition from 1 billion Instagram pics

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Humans

Earliest human ancestors may have swung on branches like chimps

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Humans

The rise and fall of the mysterious culture that invented civilisation

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