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AI's dirty secret: Energy-guzzling machines may fuel global warming

10 October 2018

Advances in artificial intelligence could lead to massive growth in energy use as smart machines push into every corner of our lives
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The stock market is run by wild robots we don't fully control

11 October 2017

Most stock market trades are made by algorithms, not humans, and they've already caused crashes. We need to understand their group behaviour to avoid disaster

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