Artificial intelligence
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Deepfakes: how Samsung brought the Mona Lisa to life
In Depth Controversial technology that was a porn trend is now animating famous images
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How smart speaker AIs such as Alexa and Siri reinforce gender bias
In Depth Unesco urges tech firms to offer gender-neutral versions of their voice assistants
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What happens to your Facebook account when you die?
In Depth Social media giant to use AI to stop people getting notifications about deceased friends and relatives
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British bosses use artificial intelligence to monitor staff
Speed Read Unions say new system may cause distrust and increase pressure
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Why Google has dropped its AI ethics board a week after launching it
Speed Read Staff protest at controversial board member leads to company u-turn
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How does Facebook’s News Feed work?
In Depth New feature shows users why they see certain posts and videos
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Automation could replace 1.5 million UK jobs
Speed Read ONS estimates 70% of ‘high risk’ roles are currently held by women
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Northern jobs most at risk from rise in automation
Speed Read Whereas higher-skilled counterparts in the south could benefit from rising demand and increased employment
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What makes OpenAI’s text robot ‘malicious’?
In Depth Elon Musk-backed firm warns that artificial intelligence programme could be used to spread fake news
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Can you police by machine?
In Depth Liberty warns predictive policing threatens citizens’ rights as federation warn of dangers of staffing shortages
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How Alibaba’s City Brain is solving traffic congestion
Speed Read Artificial Intelligence might lead to smarter cities, but could also be used for surveillance
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Japanese robot hotel pulls plug on droid staff
In Depth More than half of the automated workforce has been fired following complaints
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How Amazon’s Alexa has been calling the shots at CES 2019
Speed Read From remote door keys to light-up loos, the popular voice assistant is well on course to take over your home
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Is Amazon’s Alexa listening to me all the time?
Speed Read Man in Germany is sent thousands of audio recordings from AI recordings
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