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Artificial intelligence will help scientists search for signs of ancient life on Mars and other planets thanks to work by NASA scientists in training the system. The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosalind Franklin ‘ExoMars’ rover will be the first to have the new AI system when it leaves for the Red Planet in 2022/2023. Allowing … Read more
Learn about the origins of the first fictional intelligence agency in the new trailer for The King’s Man, starring Ralph Fiennes. The film is a prequel to 201’4s Kingsman: The Secret Service and 2017’s Kingsman: The Golden Circle. This story is set in the early 1900s, charting the inception of The King’s Man intelligence agency … Read more
Former environment minister Theresa Villiers is axed from intelligence committee after defying Tory whip over allowing chlorinated chicken into the UK Theresa Villiers was one of 18 Tory MPs to amend the proposed Agriculture Bill They wanted to an the importation of chlorinated chicken to the UK from the US PM Boris Johnson wanted Ms … Read more
Artificial intelligence can help track down invasive plants such as Japanese knotweed before they take over verges and cause expensive damage to roads The UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and Keen AI are working on the AI Once trained, it will rapidly scan images of roadsides to highlight invasive plants This will reduce the … Read more
Even computers need a good night’s sleep: AI designed to mimic the neural networks in the brain works better with regular rest periods just like humans Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory investigated organic AI systems Their specific AI modeled on organic neural networks was growing unstable They discovered they could make it stable again … Read more
Even computers need a good night’s sleep: AI designed to mimic the neural networks in the brain works better with regular rest periods just like humans Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory investigated organic AI systems Their specific AI modeled on organic neural networks was growing unstable They discovered they could make it stable again … Read more
Boris Johnson plans to end reliance on Chinese technology by forming a pact with UK’s ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence partners PM Johnson ‘wants UK to take leading role in ending Western reliance on China’ PM plans to form a deeper relationship with ‘Five-Eyes’ intelligence partners He unveils plan to ‘plug gaps’ in Western skill sectors where China … Read more
Battle of the bird brains! Wild cockatoos perform just as well as those raised by humans in intelligence tests, new study shows Researchers in Vienna tested the intelligence of Goffin’s cockatoos They compared a group of lab-raised birds with a group of wild birds They found both groups performed similarly in intelligence tests The main … Read more
The construction of the Chinese laboratory at the centre of mounting suspicion over the source of the Covid-19 pandemic was signed off by the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier – despite warnings by French intelligence services. Mr Barnier – currently embroiled in acrimonious negotiations with the UK over a post-Brexit trade deal – was … Read more
Facial recognition technology can determine a person’s personality by analysing an emotionless selfie, a study claims. Researchers built an artificial neural network that assessed 128 different factors of a person’s face, such as the width of the mouth and the height of the lips or eyes. It used the data from these readings to categorise … Read more