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AI uses bitcoin trail to find and help sex-trafficking victims

24 August 2017

Thousands of escorts advertise on websites like Backpage, not always by choice. Machine learning can now identify ads posted by traffickers, and locate them

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Culture not biology is behind many differences between the sexes

17 August 2017

It is becoming ever clearer that environment and culture may be determining traits we think are down to male or female biology, says neuroscientist Gina Rippon

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AI uses bitcoin trail to find and help sex-trafficking victims

Culture not biology is behind many differences between the sexes

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