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Screenshot from the Atari game Skiing

AI masters video game 6000 times faster by reading the instructions

4 March 2023

An artificial intelligence has learned to master an Atari skiing game in days of playing time rather than the decades it took a specialist DeepMind AI, simply by reading the instructions written for humans before it started


Understanding human intentions will be the next big breakthrough in AI

Understanding human intentions will be the next big breakthrough in AI

14 February 2023

With the recent news that the ChatGPT AI can pass a theory of mind test, how far away are we from an artificial intelligence that fully understands the goals and beliefs of others?


Chicago university

DeepMind’s AI cuts energy costs for cooling buildings

20 December 2022

Research firm DeepMind has built an AI to optimise cooling systems in buildings. In tests, it reduced energy usage by around 10 per cent


Young girl writing multiplication equations on a blackboard

Humans beat DeepMind AI in creating algorithm to multiply numbers

13 October 2022

One week after DeepMind revealed an algorithm for multiplying numbers more efficiently, researchers have an even better way to carry out the task


3D shape of a protein

AlphaFold: Why DeepMind’s protein-folding AI is transformational

29 July 2022

Understanding proteins and their complex 3D shapes is key to understanding life, and especially for developing drugs


Groundstaff pull the covers over the grass court as rain stops play between Germany's Tatjana Maria and France's Kristina Mladenovic during their women's singles second round match on the third day of the 2018 Wimbledon Championships

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


DeepMind AI taught digital people to play football from scratch

DeepMind AI taught digital people to play football from scratch

7 June 2021

AI taught digital players who start out able to only make random movements how to run, dribble a football, kick it into the goal and work as a team


Glass nearly melting

Deepmind AI can understand the unusual atomic structure of glass

6 April 2020

Glass has an unusual atomic structure that resembles a liquid frozen in place, making it hard to predict how it will behave. DeepMind has developed an AI capable of doing so, which may also be able to predict traffic jams


Pearse Keane at New Scientist Live 2019

How DeepMind's artificial intelligence is reinventing the eye exam

31 March 2020

Join Pearse Keane to find out why the NHS is collaborating with AI company DeepMind and how deep learning could transform ophthalmology


Marcus du Sautoy at New Scientist Live 2019

Marcus du Sautoy: Can an AI be creative?

27 November 2019

How long before an artificial intelligence composes a symphony, write a prizewinning novel, or paints a masterpiece, asks mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.


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