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AI chemist figures out how to legally clone expensive patented drugs

AI chemist figures out how to legally clone expensive patented drugs

17 January 2019

Pharma firms protect their drugs with hundreds of complex patents but an AI called Chematica can find workarounds, which could potentially make drugs cheaper
All I Know is What's on the Internet review: The shocks don't work

All I Know is What's on the Internet review: The shocks don't work

14 January 2019

How has our visual culture adapted to the digital age? All too well, according to this show at The Photographers' Gallery, London. Is the internet losing its ability to surprise?

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