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When it comes to crime, you can't algorithm your way to safety

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When it comes to crime, you can't algorithm your way to safety

There are serious issues with new proposals to use artificial intelligence to predict future crimes, says Yu Xiong, chair of the advisory board to the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Metaverse and Web 3.0

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AI hallucinations are getting worse – and they're here to stay

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AI hallucinations are getting worse – and they're here to stay

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Mind

Science is a Pandora's box – but we should open it anyway

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Technology

US government is using AI for unprecedented social media surveillance

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Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method

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Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method

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US government defunds research on misinformation

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US government defunds research on misinformation

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Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros

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Health

The evolution of easier births means slower walking and pelvis issues

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Technology

AI-powered chilli spray could deter bears without injuring them

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Society

US congressional speeches are getting less evidence-based over time

An AI analysis finds that since the 1970s, speeches by US Congress members have shifted to favour language such as “fake news” and “mislead” over words such as “science” and “statistics”

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Technology

AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia

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Technology

Why pilots are worried about plans to replace co-pilots with AI

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Humans

Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

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Humans

A controversial book about human diversity shows how biology unites us

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