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Claude Shannon

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The playful inventor whose copper-whiskered mouse led us to AIs

Claude Shannon laid the groundwork for the information age, with the help of a wooden mouse that could navigate mazes, and other seriously unserious inventions

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StarCraft players

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DeepMind dojo will train AI to beat human StarCraft players

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Over-mothered puppies more likely to fail guide dog training

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Over-mothered puppies more likely to fail guide dog training

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Siri rival can understand the messy nature of our conversations

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Siri rival can understand the messy nature of our conversations

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Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero

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Bees are first insects shown to understand the concept of zero

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Sneaky attacks trick AIs into seeing or hearing what’s not there

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Sneaky attacks trick AIs into seeing or hearing what’s not there

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Woman speaking into phone

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Donate your voice so Siri doesn’t just work for white men

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Man amid cluster of fake ducks on the sand

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Fake duck test shows drones and AI beat humans at bird census

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Heston Blumenthal creation of lollies

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AI suggests recipe for a dish just by studying a photo of it

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Woman in harness

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Robot physical therapist helps people walk again after a stroke

A robotic harness controlled by a neural network can adjust a person’s balance and muscle activity to help them walk normally after a spinal injury or stroke

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What will happen when machines can tell how you feel?

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An app a day keeps the doctor away

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AI coach will train hopeless chatbots to pass the Turing test

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Ravens can plan for future as well as 4-year-old children can

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