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AI trained on novels tracks how racist and sexist biases have evolved

20 February 2025

Questioning a chatbot that has been trained on bestselling books from a particular decade can give researchers a measure of the social biases of that era

People who are blind can navigate indoors with a phone in their pocket

13 February 2024

Two wayfinding apps use motion sensors and AI to help people who are blind navigate a building, without needing to hold their phone out in front of them and risk theft

GPS could predict earthquakes two hours ahead, but there's a catch

20 July 2023

An analysis of GPS data has revealed a slow and otherwise undetectable slip of tectonic plates that begins two hours before an earthquake - but detecting this in advance would require more accurate sensors

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AI creates a realistic video of you dancing from a single still image

19 July 2023

An artificial intelligence trained on TikTok videos could help you take part in dance trends without moving a muscle

India's Chandrayaan-3 launches to explore moon's water-rich south pole

14 July 2023

India has launched its Chandrayaan-3 mission, which aims to explore the south pole of the moon by rover, completing a scientific mission that was first attempted in 2019 but ended in catastrophic failure due to a software glitch

Quantum twist on common computer algorithm promises useful speed boost

12 July 2023

Quantum computers have been shown to solve some problems faster than ordinary computers, but so far all these problems have had little application. A quantum Monte Carlo algorithm could change that

Decade-long struggle over maths proof could be decided by $1m prize

11 July 2023

Mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki's Inter-universal Teichmüller theory has attracted controversy since it was published in 2012, with no one able to agree whether it is true. Now, a $1 million prize is being launched to settle the matter

Netflix invents new green-screen filming method using magenta light

7 July 2023

A faster and more accurate method for putting footage of actors in different backgrounds allows directors to see how their shots will appear as they film them

Robot injects drugs into back of eyeball more accurately than surgeons

7 July 2023

Retinal vein occlusion affects more than 16 million people worldwide and can eventually lead to blindness, but treating it is challenging due to the small size of the veins involved – and now a robot could help