��è��Ƶ

Skip to content

a robot hugs a person

Technology

Artificial stupidity could help save humanity from an AI takeover

To avoid an artificial intelligence apocalypse where machines take over the world, some computer scientists are suggesting an idea called artificial stupidity

��è��Ƶ

water sign

Technology

Flint water crisis: How AI is finding thousands of hazardous pipes

��è��Ƶ

shouting at digital assistant

Technology

Sandra: A world where AI is less artificial than it seems

Culture

A sliver of bone from a girl who was half-Neanderthal, half-Denisovan

Humans

Prehistoric girl had parents belonging to different human species

��è��Ƶ

two macaws

Life

Parrots make wise investment decisions to get what they want: walnuts

��è��Ƶ

Six pictures drawn by AI.

Technology

This AI will draw whatever you want - but it's utterly terrible

��è��Ƶ

Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists

Technology

Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists

Culture

CCTV screens

Technology

US police testing AI that learns to spot crimes in CCTV footage

��è��Ƶ

DeepMind's AI can spot eye disease just as well as top doctors

Technology

DeepMind's AI can spot eye disease just as well as top doctors

��è��Ƶ

Orca who carried her dead infant is not alone - many animals grieve

Life

Orca who carried her dead infant is not alone - many animals grieve

A female orca has been seen carrying the body of her dead calf for 17 days, apparently grieving. Such displays of grief are remarkably common in nature

��è��Ƶ

Humans

Did we really evolve domestic violence? We don't know yet

Analysis

Humans

It may be impossible to evolve a large brain if you hibernate

��è��Ƶ

Technology

Football teams secretly using AI to predict injuries before they occur

��è��Ƶ

Technology

Robot laws: 5 new rules that could save human lives (at least on TV)

Features