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Out of Control AI Will Not Kill s, Believes Microsoft Research Chief
Microsoft Research chief Eric Horvitz thinks Artificial Intelligence systems eventually could achieve consciousness, but he doubts they could become a threat to...
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AI Will Not Kill s, Says Microsoft Research Chief
Microsoft Research's chief has said he thinks artificial intelligence systems could achieve consciousness, but has played down the threat to human life.
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Back-p Brains: The Era of Digital Immortality
A few months before she died, my grandmother made a decision.
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The Daunting Challenge of Reporting on Cyberwar
The US and UK are soon to take part in cyber war games, testing each other out for when the inevitable real cyberwar kicks off.
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Can the Government Ban Encryption?
Whenever the terrorist threat is increased, as it has been since the tragic events in Paris last week, so too are the calls from politicians to increase the powers...
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Stephen Hawking Warns Artificial Intelligence Could End Mankind
British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking says he worries about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence.
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Can Internet Companies Monitor Terrorists?
Facebook is saying little apart from the fact that "we do not allow terrorist content on the site and take steps to prevent people from using our service for these...
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Dark Net Experts Trade Theories on 'de-Cloaking' After Raids
The hidden web community has started trying to find out how services and identities were compromised after police raids led to 17 arrests.
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How Movie-Makers Read Your Mind
Why is there such interest in finding new ways to gauge audience reactions?
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How the World Came to Be Run By Computer Code
From the scythe to the steam engine, we've always used technology to control the world around us.
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How Scammers Trick Your Mind
None of us likes being scammed, and David Modic is no different.
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Shellshock: 'deadly Serious' New Vulnerability Found
A "deadly serious" bug potentially affecting hundreds of millions of computers, servers and devices has been discovered.
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The Defenders of Anonymity on the Internet
You may not realise it, but every time you open up your laptop or switch on your phone, you are at the heart of one of the greatest battles now taking place in...
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Galileo: What Does a More Accurate Sat-Nav System Mean?
With the planned launch of two satellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana later this month, Europe is pushing ahead with its own satellite-navigation system...
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Tor Project's Struggle to Keep the Dark Net in the Shadows
The BBC has interviewed Andrew Lewman, executive director of the Tor Project.
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The Best 'low-Tech' Spycraft Tricks
In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations about the US National Security Agency’s activities around the globe, authorities in Russia and Germany declared they...
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Do Quantum Computers Threaten Global Encryption Systems?
Make a mobile phone call and encryption is there to stop eavesdroppers listening in.
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Russia Offers $110,000 to Crack Tor Anonymous Network
Russia has offered 3.9m roubles ($110,000; £65,000) in a contest seeking a way to crack the identities of users of the Tor network.
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Neuroscience: 'i Can Read Your Mind'
Jack Gallant can read your mind. Or at least, he can figure out what you're seeing if you're in his machine watching a movie he's playing for you.
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