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

9 May 2018

Google’s AI assistant is getting an upgrade to let it make you an appointment by impersonating a human on the phone, but this tech could cause a host of problems
A girl surprised by something in front of her

13 absurdly comic AI April Fool's pranks you'll want to try

29 March 2018

Artificial intelligence has created a list of suggested April Fool’s pranks. Some seem cunning, others are completely nonsensical

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