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Jeffrey Hinton, Godfather of the Field, steps down at Google over artificial intelligence. He says he wants to make sure that if we develop things more intelligent than us, they don't gain control. Ukraine's air force needs some new firepower as Western Tabu about providing fighter jets crumbles. And in the gaming world of good vs. evil, it's not uncommon to find Nazis as the baddies.

Geoffrey Hinton, a legend of artificial-intelligence research, wants to be able to speak his mind about the technology’s risks. We ask whether those steeped in a field are best-placed to judge it. It has long been clear Ukraine needs more fighter jets; we look at the ones it may get at last. And the first video game about the Holocaust.

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