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DeepMind AI with built-in fact-checker makes mathematical discoveries
DeepMind’s FunSearch AI can tackle mathematical problems alengo/Getty Images Google DeepMind claims to have made the first ever scientific discovery with an AI chatbot by building a fact-checker to filter out useless outputs, leaving only reliable solutions to mathematical or computing problems. Previous DeepMind achievements, such as using AI to predict the weather or protein…
The 2023 discoveries that made us rethink the story of human evolution
Stone age paintings in Chauvet cave in France Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox for free every month. At this point it’s a truism that the story of human evolution is being rethought. Discoveries in…