The best way to make your writing better is to show it to someone who knows the topic at least as well as you do. That someone can now be an artificial intelligence system that reads and learns faster and more deeply than a human can, says linguist and cognitive scientist Kieran Snyder. Her company, Textio, has launched a new AI web service called Opportunities that she says can figure out what you are trying to say and suggest better ways to do it--within 0.3 seconds. The claim is tempered by the fact that it's limited (for now) to helping companies with job postings and recruitment emails. Some of the examples Textio showed me: suggestions to replace "focused on" with "passionate about" or "expanding businesses" with "rapidly growing businesses."

Neural networks have shown they can turn a standard photo into a work of art, mimicking the style of a famous artist. A team of German researchers has developed a way to apply distinct styles to any given video, to transform everything from Star Wars to Ice Age into a moving Picasso. The researchers introduced a temporal constraint that'penalized' deviation between two frames, meaning it considers the flow of the original video to preserve smooth transitions. In order to improve the method's consistency over larger periods of time, they incorporate long term motion estimates. They also developed a multi-pass algorithm to work around the'artefacts' created during style transfer.

Having a positive attitude could be evolutionarily advantageous, researchers have found. They created a series of algorithms to model how simulated humans coped. It found those who survived were more content, and valued long term happiness more that short terms gains. Cornell researchers created a series of algorithms to model how simulated humans coped. It found those who valued long term happiness more that short terms gains fared best.

The NHS shares patient data with 1,500 outside organisations including Google and doesn't ask first because it is'not practical', it was revealed today. Private firms including computer giants and consultancy agencies are among those who are being supplied with the confidential records. Only this week the Royal Free NHS Trust in London revealed that it had passed on medical files of up to 1.6million patients to a Google subsidiary to develop an app. This included highly personal details such as whether patients had been diagnosed with HIV, suffered from depression or had ever undergone an abortion. Under Government rules drawn up in 2013, staff do not have to obtain patients' prior consent as long as the information does not include names and is being used to improve care.

Cancer and heart operations could soon be carried out entirely by robots - reducing the risk of mistakes, according to new research. Scientists have shown for the first time a supervised autonomous robot can successfully perform soft tissue surgery. Although robots have been used in hospitals for decades, they can only be worked by surgeons. Now a supervised autonomous robot has been able to successfully perform soft tissue surgery, outperforming experts in open bowel surgery in pigs. Scientists have shown for the first time a supervised autonomous robot can successfully perform soft tissue surgery.

Sticking to one task at a time is an increasing rarity, as things such as checking social media while watching TV, or online shopping while on the phone become the norm. But if you have ever talked to a friend or family member while tapping out emoji on WhatsApp, only to realise you've missed half the conversation, you'll know how juggling tasks can cause you to lose focus. Now, a new poll has found that constant multitasking may actually be hindering our performance, reducing focus for parents and children. Research from the US suggests that constant multitasking may actually be hindering our performance, reducing focus for parents and children alike. While tech has an increasingly important role in modern life, a poll of 1,200 parents and teens in the US found the constant multitasking and omnipresence of tech is leading to an'always on' mentality.

A fleet of drones has taken to the night sky for the biggest aerial display of the gadgets over US soil. Sporting an array of LEDs, the aerial army of 100 drones twinkled in the twilight as they flashed red, blue and white over the Californian desert. The display took place in Palm Springs earlier this year and was organised by computer microchip giant Intel. Sporting an array of LEDs, the aerial army of 100 drones twinkled in the twilight as they flashed red, blue and white over the Californian desert. The display took place in Palm Springs earlier this year and was organised by computer microchip giant Intel.

When a proud parent coos, or pokes out their tongue it warms their heart to see their baby following suit and many believe their little darling is copying them as they peer over the cot. But new research has found that babies up to the age of two months are incapable of copying facial expressions, gestures or speech. Instead, any exaggerated movements the newborns make are simply because they are responding to excitement to the interaction. When a proud parent coos, or pokes out their tongue, it warms their heart to see their baby following suit and many believe their little darling is copying them as they peer over the cot. While it may look like they are imitating the example of their elders, they are making gestures they would have made anyway.

Swarms of drones could soon bring relief to drought-stricken regions by'seeding' clouds to increase rainfall. In a step towards that goal, a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has, for the first time, successfully managed to seed a cloud during a test flight in Nevada. The Savant aircraft – named the'Sandoval Silver State Seeder' – fired off two silver-iodide flares during its 18 minute flight at Hawthorne Industrial Airport. A fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has, for the first time, successfully managed to'seed' a cloud during a test flight in Nevada. The Savant aircraft – named the'Sandoval Silver State Seeder' – fired off two silver-iodide flares during its 18 minute flight at Hawthorne Industrial Airport Microscopic particles of silver iodide are shot into existing clouds using land based generators or aircraft.

A video game that allowed players to zap marching aliens with dot lasers and another that gave them flamethrowers and put them in the driver's seat in a violent 3-D world are among six games inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. 'Space Invaders' and'Grand Theft Auto III,' along with'The Oregon Trail,' ''Sonic the Hedgehog,' ''The Legend of Zelda' and'The Sims,' were honoured Thursday for their influence on gaming and pop culture at the hall inside The Strong museum in Rochester. 'Space Invaders' wasn't the first shooter game when it was introduced in Japan in 1978, but it spurred many imitators and a craze for arcade games, said Jeremy Saucier, assistant director of The Strong's International Center for the History of Electronic Games. In this April 21, 2016 photo provided by The Strong museum in Rochester, N.Y., the 2016 inductees to the World Video Game Hall of Fame are displayed. From top left, clockwise, are'Grand Theft Auto III,' 'Space Invaders,' 'Sonic the Hedgehog,' 'The Sims,' 'The Legend of Zelda,' and'The Oregon Trail.'