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James Lovelock standing near the sea at Chesil Beach

Humans

James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

�鶹��ý interviewed James Lovelock to discuss Gaia’s Novacene and our new AI overlords, microwaving hamsters for science and why Elon Musk’s Mars mission is ‘crazy’

Regulars

The Epstein-Barr virus is linked to stomach cancer

Health

AI can teach doctors to spot signs of cancer-causing viruses

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Life

Goats reveal their feelings with the sound of distinctive bleats

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light rays passing through glass

Technology

AI made from a sheet of glass can recognise numbers just by looking

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Kronos quartet

Technology

A classical concert at the Barbican shows how AI interprets a recital

Culture

Google's AI training field

Technology

Google has made a virtual soccer pitch to train AIs to play football

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Life

Seals remember what they just did – but only for about 18 seconds

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A child and a poodle

Technology

Teaching AIs to make mistakes like kids would help them learn faster

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MRI scanner

Technology

AIs that diagnose diseases are starting to assist and replace doctors

Insight

faces in crowd

Technology

I travelled to a future where AI cameras track your every move

Donna Lu investigates the murky world of security tech. She finds cameras packed with artificial intelligence, fingerprint scanners and a live owl

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Technology

AI learns to gamble illogically like humans to predict our behaviour

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Technology

The US is making digital camouflage so that AIs can’t spot spy planes

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Life

Death of mother prompts adolescent chimps to look after their siblings

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Life

Seals have been trained to sing the Star Wars theme - have a listen

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