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Deepfake videos create false memories – but so do fake articles

After watching deepfake movie clips that inserted Will Smith into The Matrix or put Chris Pratt in the role of Indiana Jones, 70 per cent of people thought the movie remakes actually existed

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AIs trained on AI-generated images produce glitches and blurs

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Hollywood actors strike over use of AI in films and other issues

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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

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Distributing AI projects across multiple data centres could make them more environment-friendly

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Shifting where data is processed for AI can reduce environmental harm

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Athena AI drone

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Drones with AI targeting system claimed to be 'better than human'

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W63DR9 Creech and Nellis Airmen coordinated a training flight together on the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. Aircrew with the 66th Rescue Squadron conducted training exercises and integrated with the MQ-9 Reaper aircrew to document the Reaper in flight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Haley Stevens)

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AI recap this month: Drone 'kills' operator; DeepMind's speed up

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A law for AI hiring tools is about to come into effect in New York

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AI hiring tools to be audited for sexism and racism under New York law

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The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

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The real reason claims about the existential risk of AI are scary

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Two chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda

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Chimpanzees can prepare for alternative futures

Our closest relatives, chimpanzees, seem able to think ahead and prepare for two possible futures – the only animal apart from humans known to do so

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Could your gut bacteria influence how intelligent you are?

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Robotic dog spots invasive fire ant nests better than humans

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Massive Turing test shows we can only just tell AIs apart from humans

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Capital letter test is a foolproof way of sorting AIs from humans

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