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Technology

AIs go up against animals in an epic competition to test intelligence

AIs have some superhuman abilities, but just how clever are they overall? To find out, a new competition will adapt tests used to study animals

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Life

Sun bears copy each other's facial expressions to communicate

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Humans

Evidence of early Australian arrival is best judged with an open mind

Leader

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Technology

The best image-recognition AIs are fooled by slightly rotated images

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Technology

World-class Go-playing AI has learned to do really hard colouring-in

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Humans

Breathing in before doing something may actually make you better at it

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Humans

Rabbit bones suggest Neanderthals were better hunters than we thought

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Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Earth

Brexit, 10,000 BC: The untold story of how Britain first left Europe

Features

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Technology

An AI has created music based on Bach – but will an audience notice?

Culture

Picture-editing AI lets you easily alter a celebrity’s face

Technology

Picture-editing AI lets you easily alter a celebrity’s face

AI can create convincing pictures of fake people, but now they are expert photo editors too

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Technology

AIs could debate whether a smart assistant should snitch on you

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Technology

We don't know the real impact of fake news and other disinformation

Leader

Mind

How to upgrade your thinking and avoid traps that make you look stupid

Features

Technology

Fears of OpenAI’s super-trolling artificial intelligence are overblown

Analysis

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