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![A knot and a graph representing the problems that the artificial intelligence program DeepMind tackled.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TPkNBsNrSdX5hzLHZhRxqJ-320-80.jpg)
DeepMind cracks 'knot' conjecture that bedeviled mathematicians for decades
By Stephanie Pappas published
The artificial intelligence company DeepMind has teamed up with mathematicians to generate new conjectures in pure mathematics.
![William Shatner is ready for your questions.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eXbyAcHQ7xL2JBuwPCE8r7-320-80.jpg)
William Shatner 'AI' will chat with you about the 'Star Trek' actor's life
By Mindy Weisberger published
Conversational video technology enables AI-powered back-and-forth between viewers and prerecorded responses.
![Proteins are complex structures in the body. Here, the brightly colored and twisty blobs represent different immune system proteins on the outer layer of a T-cell, a type of white blood cell that helps the body to identify foreign invaders.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XJhLTc79NDS6HxfUCAGAge-320-80.jpg)
DeepMind says it can predict the shape of every protein in the human body
By Stephanie Pappas published
AI firm DeepMind says it can predict the shape of every protein in the human body and in 20 species of research animals.
![Xu Li, CEO of SenseTime Group Ltd., is identified by the A.I. company's facial recognition system at the company’s showroom in Beijing, China, on June 15, 2018.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XzcsabCGgMLoKQLgBzFk9E-320-80.jpg)
Expect an Orwellian future if AI isn't kept in check, Microsoft exec says
By Stephanie Pappas published
Speaking on the BBC show 'Panorama,' Microsoft's Brad Smith warned that unless checks are put in place, artificial intelligence could lead to a dystopian future
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AI drone may have 'hunted down' and killed soldiers in Libya with no human input
By Charles Q. Choi published
A UN report suggests that AI drones attacked human targets without any humans consulted prior to the strike.
![The Great Isaiah Scroll, one of the seven original Dead Sea Scrolls found in the late 1940s, on display at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center. In a new study, researchers determined that two scribes wrote this scroll.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dJRWBpEKATrC6VnNuDfM5P-320-80.jpg)
Mysterious second writer of Dead Sea Scroll uncovered by AI
By Laura Geggel published
Two scribes wrote the famous Great Isaiah Scroll, researchers found with the help of AI and statistics.
![Amelia Earhart in 1937, standing under the nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra monoplane.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nwdcGauXUkUKLV7AjFhRkg-320-80.gif)
Photos of Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie and others come alive (creepily), thanks to AI
By Mindy Weisberger published
In AI-generated animations, faces that were once frozen in time blink, turn their heads and even smile.
![An abstract illustration of pink, purple and green ribbons based on protein structures.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8eCNfj664XkeTYJ9LwiaBB-320-80.jpg)
AI system solves 50-year-old protein folding problem in hours
By Rachael Rettner published
This complex problem that has plagued researchers for decades.
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