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Below, our favorite stories of the week. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. * * * 1. The Great A.I. Awakening Gideon Lewis-Kraus | New York Times | Dec. 14, 2016 | 60 minutes (15,174 words) The story of how Google developed artificial intelligence to vastly improve its translation service, […]

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