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Definition

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Artificial intelligence or AI simply means software used by computers to mimic aspects of human intelligence. For example, a program that recommends what you should read based on books you’ve bought or a robot vacuum that has a basic grasp of the world around it.

Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

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Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring

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Walklake scan a pupil

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Robots conduct daily health inspections of schoolchildren in China

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Working hypothesis: From deepfake Dali to black toothpaste

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How robots really think

How robots really think

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An underwater robot

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US Navy tests underwater robots that recharge by eating fish faeces

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A catheter surgery

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Robotic tube for surgery autonomously navigates inside a beating heart

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Qi Yong of the Second People's Hospital supervises a surgery performed at Yanshan Hospital through a 4K UHD live broadcast on April 1, 2019 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China.

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Doctors in China are using 5G internet to do surgery from far away

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Robot discovers that lying about a betrayal helps to rebuild trust

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A swarm of robots

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Robot swarm inspired by cells can keep moving even if its parts fail

A swarm of bots inspired by the way living cells move can slither through gaps and keep moving if many of its parts fail

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Smart and fluffy storytelling robot to be trialled in US classrooms

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Robot mimics desert ants to find its way home without GPS

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The US plans to launch swarms of attack drones from robo-submarines

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Mind-controlled robot lets you weld metal without using your hands

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