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Self-supervised learning could lead to the creation of AI that’s more human-like in its reasoning, according to Turing Award winners Yoshua Bengio and Yann LeCun. Bengio, director at the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, and LeCun, Facebook VP and chief AI scientist, spoke candidly about this and other research trends …

Once a month (or so), I share a dozen things that have inspired me to greater personal, professional, and financial success in my life. I hope they bring similar success to your life. Please enjoy the archives of earlier collections of inspirational things. This month’s installment is heavily geared toward …

Here’s what you need to know: Spain’s adults and teenagers are allowed out to exercise, in shifts. India reports its biggest single-day rise in cases. Britons might be too scared to go out after lockdown, an academic says. Our Baghdad bureau chief reports on the dire state of Syria’s fight …