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Meet Luvo, your Royal Bank of Scotland teller. He’s a chatbot, and he and his robot peers may soon make human bankers redundant. They’ve already taken over Wall Street, as hundreds of financial analysts are replaced with software or robo-advisors.
Nafis Alam and Graham Kendall explain why banks from India to the US are relying ever more on artificial intelligence to perform financial services, and how mere mortals can learn to compete.
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An early prototype of the IBM Watson cognitive computing system in Yorktown Heights, NY. It was originally the size of a master bedroom in 2011.
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Nafis Alam, Sunway University; Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham
Banks are relying more and more on robots that perform financial services.
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Science + Technology
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David Wiltshire; Alan Coley, Dalhousie University
Is dark energy just an illusion, as is often suggested? To resolve the dilemma, interpreting the basic principles of general relativity in a complex Universe may need a rethink.
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Michael Dixon, University of Guelph
We will one day grow food in conditions as extreme as Mars. Developing the controlled environments required will help not only space explorers but also support our own survival here on Earth.
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Arts + Culture
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Lisa Wood, University of Western Australia
A study of Australian and US cities has demonstrated that pet ownership strengthens people's connections with their neighbours.
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Politics + Society
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Benigno Alarcón, Andres Bello Catholic University (UCAB)
(UPDATED) If the military abandons Venezuela's power-grabbing president, it's game over for the Maduro regime.
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Victoria Breeze, Michigan State University; Nathan Moore, Michigan State University
Newly translated Chinese Ministry of Education records shine light on China's shifting place in the global higher education landscape.
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