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Should governments really be using AI to remake the state?

New Scientist's revelation that a UK minister is asking ChatGPT for advice raises the question of what role these new AI tools should play in government – and whether we should really think of them as intelligent

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Understanding conscious experience isn’t beyond the realm of science

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PPW5E4 The Nose art installation in St. Lorenz, Austria

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How we could achieve dog-level sense of smell – and what it would mean

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Content moderation offers little actual safety on Big Social Media

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Content moderation offers little actual safety on Big Social Media

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ҹ1000 scares for a new generation must be tackled with solid science

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We need a global environmental court – and we need it now

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We need a global environmental court – and we need it now

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Technology

How Moore's law led us to a flawed vision of the future

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Physics

Why exactly is the quantum world so weird?

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Why humanoid robots are missing the point

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Why humanoid robots are missing the point

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Environment

A spat over sand eels threatens puffins and other iconic seabirds

Overfishing of small fish has led to population declines in the birds that feed on them. Now the UK government's attempts to protect this crucial resource faces a serious challenge

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Life

How to think about the most contentious ideas in science

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Technology

Why I'm deeply sceptical about comparisons between humans and machines

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Physics

How does astronomy fit into astrophysics – and does it matter?

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Life

The 7 most consequential moments in the history of everything

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