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Two mathematicians invented a game in which logic leads to a worse outcome for everyone. Its very first players kept breaking that logic. Part 4 of our game theory series: on betrayal, trust and a TV show played for thousands of pounds.
For years Google promised not to target ads using the contents of Gmail. Now that promise has an exception — for people who connect their email to Google's AI assistant. What changed, why the real issue is the conclusions rather than the emails, and where to switch it off.
A new study of 277,000 British adults links loneliness and isolation to fewer years free of depression and disease. What was measured, why loneliness and isolation are different things, and who reports loneliness most often today.
Without mathematics, there is no art.