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Artificial intelligence creates horror masks

Technology

AI designed these Halloween masks and they are absolutely terrifying

Artificial intelligence has learned to create spine-tingling Halloween masks after being fed 5000 photos of scary or funny costume masks

News

Mario game

Technology

AI makes new video games by watching people play Super Mario and Kirby

News

A robot captivates a group of children

Technology

Facebook's AI is writing short stories and they actually make sense

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Stupid AI: How humans can stop machines from falling for visual tricks

Technology

Stupid AI: How humans can stop machines from falling for visual tricks

News

The Martians have landed in London, and they're hogging the camera

Space

The Martians have landed in London, and they're hogging the camera

Culture

Barack Obama through the display on a video camera

Technology

AI can make high-definition fake videos from just a simple sketch

News

How to hack your unconscious… to boost your memory and learn better

Humans

How to hack your unconscious… to boost your memory and learn better

Features

This image made from video of a fake video featuring former President Barack Obama shows elements of facial mapping used in new technology that lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they've never said.

Technology

Deepfakes won't wreck politics this year even if politicians might

Comment

A person attempting an IQ test

Technology

DeepMind AI takes IQ tests to probe its ability for abstract thought

News

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Life

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Northern fur seals mostly sleep with half their brain while they’re at sea, but sleep with all their brain while on land – unlike any other animal studied

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Humans

The dreams you forget are the most important for learning

News

Technology

Google’s human-like phone calls are a clever but nasty trick

Analysis

Earth

Cute but dim quolls have been taught to stop eating toxic toads

News

Life

Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you

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