OpenAI's bots were knocked out of The International – the Dota 2 computer game's annual Olympics – on Thursday after they lost to human pros 2-0 in a best-of-three contest. Dota 2 is a hugely popular online battle strategy game (think Command and Conquer meets Tolkien) played by several hundred thousand people worldwide. The aim is to storm a map, take over bases by destroying towers, and take the ultimate prize: the enemy's "Ancient." Teams are made up of five players known as heroes. There is a pool of more than a hundred different hero types all with their own strengths and weaknesses.

Facing a daunting, digital pile millions of photographs high, how would you find the few images you need? It's a classic needle-in-a-haystack conundrum, and it's a blaring reality for ecologists, resource managers, and farmers who use camera traps to track wildlife. Consider Sedgwick Ranch Reserve, part of UC Santa Barbara's Natural Reserve System. A sprawling 6,000 acres, the protected land used for research and teaching is a veritable nirvana for animals of all kinds. Mountain lions and black bears and deer, oh my.

Facing a daunting, digital pile millions of photographs high, how would you find the few images you need? It's a classic needle-in-a-haystack conundrum, and it's a blaring reality for ecologists, resource managers and farmers who use camera traps to track wildlife. Consider Sedgwick Ranch Reserve, part of UC Santa Barbara's Natural Reserve System. A sprawling and pristine 6,000 acres and nine square miles, the protected land used for research and teaching is a veritable nirvana for animals of all kinds. Mountain lions and black bears and deer, oh my.