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Dr Dolittle machines: How AI is helping us talk to the animals

Dr Dolittle machines: How AI is helping us talk to the animals

16 December 2020

Pattern-seeking artificial intelligence promises a new way to decode animal languages from dog to whale. Our relationship with our furry and flippered friends may never be the same
Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?

Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?

16 December 2020

Roaming chunks of code, pre-programmed to perform all manner of tasks, shape the web and our experience of it. What are they up to? And as they get smarter, how can we regain control?

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