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Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped in magic trick

Eurasian jays squawk and fly away when shown a cups-and-balls-style magic trick in which their favourite snacks are swapped out for other foods

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After Yang review: A delightful movie about robots teaching humans

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After Yang review: A delightful movie about robots teaching humans

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Cockatoo opens bin

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Cockatoos are figuring out how to open bins by copying each other

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fossil skeleton

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Waves of animals died at an ancient Spanish lake and now we know why

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Why invertebrates should be included in animal welfare protections

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Why invertebrates should be included in animal welfare protections

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Can a robot ever be conscious and how would we know if it were?

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Can a robot ever be conscious and how would we know if it were?

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What is consciousness like for other animals and when did it evolve?

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What is consciousness like for other animals and when did it evolve?

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AIs don't understand simple physics like a ball rolling down a hill

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Facebook AI aims to identify deepfake images and trace their creators

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Facebook AI aims to identify deepfake images and trace their creators

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DeepMind AI taught digital people to play football from scratch

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DeepMind AI taught digital people to play football from scratch

AI taught digital players who start out able to only make random movements how to run, dribble a football, kick it into the goal and work as a team

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An AI has disproved five mathematical conjectures with no human help

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Artificial intelligence has been of little use for diagnosing covid-19

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AI can count a meal’s calories based on images from a wearable camera

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AI that mimics human typos on a smartphone could improve keyboards

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