<h2>00:46&nbsp;Evidence&nbsp;of the&nbsp;earliest fire&nbsp;</h2>Baked soil, ancient tools, and materials that could be used to start fires show that Neanderthals were making fire in the UK 400,000 years ago&nbsp;— the earliest evidence of this skill&nbsp;found so far.&nbsp;Ancient humans are known to have&nbsp;used naturally occurring fires, but evidence of deliberate fire-starting has been hard to come by.&nbsp;A&nbsp;new suite of evidence&nbsp;pushes back the date of&nbsp;fire&nbsp;mastery&nbsp;by 350,000 years. The team&nbsp;behind the finding&nbsp;believe&nbsp;it helps create a more nuanced picture of Neanderthals, who&nbsp;perhaps gathered&nbsp;round fires and told&nbsp;stories&nbsp;in ancient Europe.&nbsp;Research Article: <a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Davis&nbsp;et al.</a>News and Views: <a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oldest known evidence of the controlled ignition of fire</a><h2>11:31 Research Highlights</h2>Machine-learning algorithms can help to&nbsp;identify&nbsp;traces of life in ancient rocks&nbsp;— plus,&nbsp;why paintings&nbsp;containing&nbsp;a vivid green pigment lose their lustre over time.&nbsp;Research Highlight: <a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI finds signs of life in ancient rocks</a>Research Highlight: <a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The mystery of&nbsp;emerald green&nbsp;— cracked</a><h2>13:55 How AI chatbots can sway voters with ease&nbsp;</h2>Research suggests that&nbsp;artificial-intelligence&nbsp;chatbots can influence voters’ political views and have a bigger effect than conventional campaigning and advertising.&nbsp;One study found that&nbsp;chatbot conversations&nbsp;swung&nbsp;participants’&nbsp;candidate&nbsp;preferences by up to 15 percentage points, while another&nbsp;revealed&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;chatbots’ effectiveness stems from their ability to synthesize a lot of information in a conversational way.&nbsp;&nbsp;Nature:&nbsp;<a href="#" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AI&nbsp;chatbots&nbsp;can&nbsp;sway&nbsp;voters&nbsp;with&nbsp;remarkable&nbsp;ease&nbsp;—&nbsp;is&nbsp;it&nbsp;time to&nbsp;worry?&nbsp;</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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