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2 articles from Guardian Unlimited Science
Siri or Skynet? How to separate AI fact from fiction
Determining the way artificial intelligence is used and governed will be one of the century’s key political battlegrounds. Here’s what everyone needs to know“Google fires engineer who contended its AI technology was sentient.” “Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent.” “DeepMind’s protein-folding AI cracks biology’s biggest problem.” A new discovery (or...
Rare collection of bird fossils from 55m years ago donated to Scottish museum
Collection bequeathed to National Musuems Scotland includes species that are unknown to scienceA remarkable collection of fossilised birds that lived 55 million years ago has been bequeathed to the National Museums Scotland (NMS) in Edinburgh and includes dozens of species that are unknown to science.Dating from the beginning of the Eocene epoch, they represent the early stages in the evolution of...