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Technology

Hundreds of chatbots could show us how to make social media less toxic

A newsfeed algorithm designed to counteract political polarisation could be effective, according to a test involving hundreds of AI-generated users

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Technology

UK’s global AI summit must provide solutions rather than suggestions

Analysis

Scientific journals

Technology

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵs prefer feedback from ChatGPT to judgement by peers

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Humans

Student uses AI to decipher word in ancient scroll from Herculaneum

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Technology

Energy-efficient transistor could allow smartwatches to use AI

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Technology

AI can detect if you have recently smoked cannabis

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Health

AI could diagnose sleep apnoea by watching you slumber at home

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Life

Male cockatoos make customised drumsticks for their mating displays

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Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

Society

Disinformation wars: The fight against fake news in the age of AI

Features

Technology

GPT-4 wins chatbot lawyer contest – but is still not as good as humans

Several AI chatbots were tested to see how well they could perform legal reasoning and tasks used by human lawyers in everyday practice – GPT-4 performed the best, but still wasn’t great

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Technology

AI generates video game levels and characters from text prompts

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Comment

The best new science fiction books of September 2023

Culture

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Technology

AI beats champion human pilots in head-to-head drone races

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