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Technology

AI can doctor videos to put words in the mouths of speakers

Realistically faked video will soon be a single click away thanks to new technology that might render video evidence meaningless in court

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A robot in a depot

Technology

Automation will have a bigger impact on jobs in smaller cities

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Side-by-side comparison of an Egyptian vulture with and without the mud make-up

Life

Vultures smear their faces in red mud which they use as makeup

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crime scene

Technology

AI detective analyses police data to learn how to crack cases

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A robot in the classroom

Technology

Inquisitive bot asks questions to test your understanding

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chatbot

Technology

Chatbot challenges will make AIs discuss the latest news

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How to usher in an AI future with gain rather than pain

Technology

How to usher in an AI future with gain rather than pain

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A chimp holding a leaf, possibly drinking from it

Life

Chimps pass on sponge drinking trick like a family tradition

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A replica of the skull of Homo naledi

Life

Mystery human species Homo naledi had tiny but advanced brain

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Screenshot from the Atari game Montezuma’s Revenge

Technology

AI learns to play video game from instructions in plain English

Taking advice from humans helped an AI beat tough Atari game Montezuma’s Revenge. The approach shows how anyone could help teach AI new real-world skills

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Humans

Your true self: How your personality changes throughout life

Features

Humans

Your true self: The future is a foreign person

Features

Humans

Your true self: Why it’s morals that make the human

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Life

Squid and octopus can edit and direct their own brain genes

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