In 1966, professor Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called Eliza. His intentions were noble, but the results shocked him. Eliza was a computerised ‘psychotherapist’ that its creator believed would ...

The only known photographs of Ada Lovelace have been acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery after going up for ...

He built the Great Mosque at Timbuktu, and Timbuktu became a very important commercial city, having caravan connections with ...