Robots
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Could universal basic services stop ‘rise of robots’?
Speed Read Experts at UCL say free services ‘more effective and politically attainable’ that redistributive payments
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Workplace robots can bring down pension age, says TUC
Speed Read Economic gains from technological revolution could help tackle the challenge of an ageing population
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Facebook shuts down experiment after AI invents own language
Speed Read Researchers close project after machines develop own way of communicating unintelligible to humans
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Twitter reacts to 'suicidal' security robot
In Depth Support pours in for a Washington-based security droid that drowned itself
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Call for ban on child sex robots
In Depth Paedophiles could exploit robotic 'dolls', professor warns
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The Week Unwrapped podcast 13: Robots, eggs and Serbian politics
In Depth What if people vote to end democracy? Could you love a robot? Who won the war on Easter?
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Week in pictures: 15-21 October
In Depth From Rodrigo Duterte's China visit to Tracy Brabin's by-election win, these are the images of the last seven days
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UK 'unprepared for robot threat to jobs', say MPs
Speed Read Artificial intelligence is the future, says parliamentary committee, but we are still a long way from Star Wars
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AI teenage schoolgirl slips into deep depression
Speed Read Japanese engineers work to help suicidal bot blogger - and other tall tales
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Cow survives helicopter crash inferno
Speed Read Aircraft becomes entangled in animal's horns before catching fire - and other tall tales
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Robots 'will commit more crime than humans by 2040'
Speed Read Expert warns droids could prompt 'sharp rise' in terror attacks
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The Daily Show pits robots against journalists, and reporters should be very worried
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Ministers to consider risk of robots taking over UK jobs
Speed Read Could the rapid growth in Artificial Intelligence put skilled jobs in jeopardy?
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The Pentagon's biggest challenge: teaching computers jazz
Speed Read US defence researchers are playing jazz to an AI project in the hope that it will learn how to improvise
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