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human intelligence

Curious AI learns by exploring game worlds and making mistakes

Technology

Curious AI learns by exploring game worlds and making mistakes

Algorithms with a taste for exploration can learn how to play video games and might be able to pick up other skills much faster than conventionally taught AIs

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Macaque with stolen goods

Life

Monkey mafia steal your stuff, then sell it back for a cracker

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Waltzing robot teaches beginners how to dance like a pro

Technology

Waltzing robot teaches beginners how to dance like a pro

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A classroom in Uttar Pradesh

Health

Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months

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DeepMind’s AI beats world's best Go player in latest face-off

Technology

DeepMind’s AI beats world's best Go player in latest face-off

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A man being videoed

Technology

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

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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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Humans

Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

This is one of the greatest fossil finds of the 21st century say its discoverers, who also provide a date for when this enigmatic species lived

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Technology

Inquisitive bot asks questions to test your understanding

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Technology

Chatbot challenges will make AIs discuss the latest news

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Life

Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

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Life

Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils

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