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Nobel prize for physics goes to pair who invented key AI techniques

The 2024 Nobel prize in physics has gone to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for discoveries that enabled machine learning and are key to the development of artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT

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Which AI chatbot is best at avoiding disinformation?

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Technology

Google says its AI designs chips better than humans – experts disagree

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AIs are more likely to mislead people if trained on human feedback 

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Technology

What voice assistants like Alexa know about you – and how they use it

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Humans

The fascinating truth about why common sense isn't really that common

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Humans

AI discovers hundreds of ancient Nazca drawings in Peruvian desert

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Life

Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey

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Technology

‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard in Mariana Trench

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Some lizards can stay underwater for longer by blowing out and then rebreathing bubbles of air. This has been suspected since the behaviour was first observed, and now Lindsey Swierk at Binghamton University in New York has confirmed it.

Life

Air jacket helps 'scuba-diving' lizards stay underwater for longer

Some lizards dive into streams to escape predators, and a specialised bubble-breathing technique enables them to stay submerged for up to 18 minutes

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Technology

Cold war spy satellites and AI detect ancient underground aqueducts

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Technology

The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

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The deepfakes of Trump and Biden that you are most likely to fall for

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Life

Is life better as a dog? A philosopher investigates

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