A new dawn in AI and quantum computing now looks tantalisingly close
6 October 2021
Hopes of developing artificial general intelligence and a truly useful quantum computer are looking less fanciful thanks to recent breakthroughs
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'Ionic wind' could power planes, save energy and fight wild weather
6 October 2021
Airflow induced by electric fields, known as ionic wind, has already propelled a small aircraft – now engineers think it could help to ease the clean-energy transition and protect infrastructure from natural winds
A maize meme shows why you shouldn't trust social media
6 October 2021
There is an image circulating on social media looking at genetically modified corn, but its origins are extremely dubious, writes James Wong
Supersized AIs: Are truly intelligent machines just a matter of scale?
6 October 2021
Gigantic neural networks that write with remarkable fluency have led some experts to suggest that scaling up current technology will lead to human-level language abilities – and ultimately true machine intelligence
Biological computer made from single-celled organisms can crunch data
5 October 2021
Micro-organisms can now be used to construct a biological computing device that than study patterns in data to predict future events
Quantum computers can now fix their own mistakes without making more
4 October 2021
The first demonstration of error correction on a quantum computer that doesn't lead to more mistakes is a step towards genuinely useful computation
Norwegian reservoirs power homes in Great Britain via 724km cable
30 September 2021
A subsea electricity cable in the North Sea will allow renewable electricity from Norwegian reservoirs to power 1.4 million homes in the UK
DeepMind AI can accurately predict if it will rain in next 90 minutes
29 September 2021
AI software developed by DeepMind and the Met Office in the UK can predict whether it will rain within 90 minutes more accurately than current forecasting models
Drones are 'sniffing' ship exhaust for illegal fuel in European waters
29 September 2021
Maritime authorities in the EU are now using drones to “sniff” the exhaust fumes from ships and catch operators using illegal, sulphur-rich fuel
