Daisy Dunn

If you like First Dates, you’ll love This is Dating

Plus: Hannah Fry is back with a second series of DeepMind, a splendid podcast that explores the development of AI

Teaching a robot to insert a USB stick into a computer turns out to be much like teaching a dog its first tricks. Image: Alexey Kotelnikov / Alamy Stock Photo 
issue 26 February 2022
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