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Technology

AI cheats at old Atari games by finding unknown bugs in the code

An AI found a bug in the Atari game Q*bert and exploited it to quickly score a million points. It used self-destruction as a winning strategy too

News

Can you predict the future? Take our Oscars quiz to find out

Humans

Can you predict the future? Take our Oscars quiz to find out

Features

crowd of people

Life

Work the crowd: How ordinary people can predict the future

Features

A judge sitting in a courtroom

Technology

Algorithms that change lives should be trialled like new drugs

Analysis

A picture of a dog in the snow

Technology

Fooling AI can now be done a thousand times faster

News

Man walks past weapons

Technology

Why we should build AI that sometimes disobeys our commands

Comment

We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

Technology

We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted

News

bioinformation

Technology

Too much information? The data-driven future of health

Culture

empty seats

Technology

The stock market is run by wild robots we don't fully control

Insight

AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings

Technology

AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings

An algorithm developed to detect electricity theft for companies in Latin America could also uncover billing errors

News

Technology

This AI reads the news to keep tabs on US police shootings

News

Technology

Facebook allowed adverts to be targeted at 'Jew haters'

News

Technology

Why the iPhone X’s Face ID is a terrible way to secure your data

Insight

Technology

Ingredient-swapping web browser is a recipe for disaster

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