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‘Sentient’ cells in a petri dish taught to play Pong

Next time you’re getting your ass kicked at Fortnite or online chess, it could be at the metaphorical hands of a petri dish of brain cells.

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‘Killer robots’ will be nothing like the movies show – here’s where the real threats lie

Increasingly, the decisions to identify, track and destroy targets are being handed over to algorithms.

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Virtua Fighter’s ancient polygon graphics get modern AI makeover

A nerd fed a bunch of screenshots from 1993’s Virtua Fighter into an AI to see what they’d look like in a modern game.

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This robot might have a better sense of humour than you

‘Erica’ learned about humour by analysing 80 speed dating meetups.

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Artists freak out after computer takes out first place at art show

“That’s pretty f**ing shitty,” wrote one person in a tweet liked tens of thousands of times.