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Supercomputer that simulates entire human brain will switch on in 2024

A neuromorphic supercomputer called DeepSouth will be capable of 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, which is on par with the estimated number of operations in the human brain

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Mind-reading AI can translate brainwaves into written text

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AI made from living human brain cells performs speech recognition

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DNA nanobots can exponentially self-replicate

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Google says its Gemini AI outperforms both GPT-4 and expert humans

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The roboticist who wants to bring AI into contact with the real world

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The roboticist who wants to bring AI into contact with the real world

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Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth

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Searching for life on Mars isn’t worth the risk to Earth

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UK AI summit: Countries agree declaration on frontier AI risks

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With privacy concerns rising, can we teach AI chatbots to forget?

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With privacy concerns rising, can we teach AI chatbots to forget?

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Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

Quantum computers may soon be able to crack encryption methods in use today, so plans are already under way to replace them with new, secure algorithms. Now it seems the US National Security Agency may be undermining that process

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Why China's clean energy tech will determine our climate future

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Illustration of a human embryo at the blastocyst stage approximately 5 to 9 days after fertilisation. The outer trophoblast layer (green) will implant into the wall of the uterus (endometrium) and go on to form the placenta. The inner fluid-filled cavity of the blastocyst is called the blastocoele. The inner cell mass (embryoblast, orange) will form the embryo.

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From One Cell review: Embryology and the future of medicine

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How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility

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How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility

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The unique promise of 'biological computers' made from living things

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The unique promise of 'biological computers' made from living things

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