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Technology is Hollywood’s current arch nemesis, but as exhibitors on Venice film festival’s ‘immersive island’ will tell you, AI, VR and XR could lead to a brighter futureOne of the hottest tickets at the 80th Venice film festival isn’t a movie at all but a VR installation on the event’s self-styled “Immersive Island”. Each user sits at a computer and answers a series of personal questions, which the exhibit – in the space of a few seconds &n

How do you land on an asteroid? A lot of very talented engineers have thought about it. Putting a robotic spacecraft down safely on a moon or planet is hard enough, with the pull of gravity to keep you humble. But when it comes to an asteroid, where gravity may be a few millionths of what it is on Earth, is “landing” even the right word?NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is due back on Earth on 24 September after a seven-year voyage to sample the regolith of the asteroid 101955 Bennu&md

The co-founder of DeepMind issues a terrifying warning about AI and synthetic biology – but how seriously should we take it? On 22 February1946, George Kennan, an American diplomat stationed in Moscow, dictated a 5,000-word cable to Washington. In this famous telegram, Kennan warned that the Soviet Union’s commitment to communism meant that it was inherently expansionist, and urged the US government to resist any attempts by the Soviets to increase their influence. This strategy quic

The spectre of intelligent technologies is looming over Australian artists, and dominating the chatter at Brisbane’s Bigsound music conferenceGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailMusic conferences tend to follow a similar format: showcases of up-and-coming artists, panels about the business, and behind-the-scenes deals. But between the events and around the corridors of this year’s Bigsound in Brisbane, Australia, there was one topic dominating conversation: how AI was threaten