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Human-level artificial intelligence is close to finally being achieved, according to a lead researcher at Google’s DeepMind AI division.

Dr Nando de Freitas said “the game is over” in the decades-long quest to realise artificial general intelligence (AGI) after DeepMind unveiled an AI system capable of completing a wide range of complex tasks, from stacking blocks to writing poetry.

Described as a “generalist agent”, DeepMind’s new Gato AI needs to just be scaled up in order to create an AI capable of rivalling human intelligence, Dr de Freitas said.

During the #MarsHelicopter’s 26th flight, it took photos of the entry, descent, and landing gear NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover needed to safely land on Mars. You can see the protective backshell and the massive dusty parachute. go.nasa.gov/3vkglFM