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Llamas can learn by watching others

Life

Llamas solve problems faster after watching people do it

Llamas are able to learn from other llamas and even more effectively from humans, possibly because thousands of years of domestication gave them the ability to read human social cues

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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

Technology

Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

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Distributing AI projects across multiple data centres could make them more environment-friendly

Technology

Shifting where data is processed for AI can reduce environmental harm

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Free range pigs digging food in the dirt

Life

How do captive animals really feel, and can we make them happier?

Features

Athena AI drone

Technology

Drones with AI targeting system claimed to be 'better than human'

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W63DR9 Creech and Nellis Airmen coordinated a training flight together on the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. Aircrew with the 66th Rescue Squadron conducted training exercises and integrated with the MQ-9 Reaper aircrew to document the Reaper in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)

Technology

AI recap this month: Drone 'kills' operator; DeepMind's speed up

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A law for AI hiring tools is about to come into effect in New York

Technology

AI hiring tools to be audited for sexism and racism under New York law

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The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

Technology

The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

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Octopus laqueus having a sleep

Life

Octopuses have a REM-like sleep state where they appear to dream

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Two chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda

Life

Chimpanzees can prepare for alternative futures

Our closest relatives, chimpanzees, seem able to think ahead and prepare for two possible futures – the only animal apart from humans known to do so

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Life

Male harbour seals may learn vocalisations years before they need them

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Mind

Could your gut bacteria influence how intelligent you are?

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Technology

Robotic dog spots invasive fire ant nests better than humans

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Life

Male masturbation in primates evolved to cut chance of catching STIs

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