The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

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In a letter to Communications Minister Anika Wells, seen by The Daily Telegraph, eight independents – including Allegra Spender and David Pocock – ask the government to back the Fix Our Feeds campaign ...

Whether you're a scientist brainstorming research ideas or a CEO hoping to automate a task in human resources or finance, you'll find that artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming the ...

An expert in the medical emergency dispatch system has urged authorities to test its Next Generation Malaysian Emergency Response Services 999 System (NG Mers 999) in a “sandbox” before applying the ...