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Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights

Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm?One afternoon, while relaxing at his 66-acre cattle ranch two hours’ drive from Houston, Michael Samadi made a wisecrack that changed the course of his life. Nobody else was around to hear it. Or were they? That turns out to be one of the defining questions of this c…

 •  Guardian Tech

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Shiona McCallum meets mums and hospital staff trialling a new assisted birth innovation.

 •  BBC Technology

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Scammers demand money from Instagram users over fake copyright claims.

 •  BBC Technology

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Laura Cress has the highlights from Gamescom, the biggest gaming convention in the world.

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AI can only communicate in languages that it's been trained on.

 •  BBC Technology

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The government agency that's encouraging high-risk and high-reward research.

 •  BBC Technology