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Vincent Padois, head tutor at the Pierre and Marie Curie University who teaches robotics and is babysitting the Paris ICub, makes a demonstration with ICub robot, a ?hybrid embodied cognitive system for a humanoid robot" about 1 metre (3.2 feet) high, at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris September 4, 2009. Six versions of ICub exist in laboratories across Europe, where scientists are painstakingly tweaking its electronic brain to make it capable of learning, just like a human child and hoping it will learn how to adapt its behaviour to changing circumstances, offering new insights into the development of human consciousness. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

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    Take-Two agrees to settlement talks in video game case

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    In this screenshot provided by Rockstar Games, a scene from the best-selling video game ''Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas'' is shown. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. has agreed to enter into settlement talks in a lawsuit accusing it of selling ''Grand Theft Auto'' video games containing sexually explicit images under the wrong content label, according to a court document made public on Wednesday. REUTERS/Rockstar Games/Handout

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO.O) has agreed to enter into settlement talks in a lawsuit accusing it of selling "Grand Theft Auto" video games containing sexually explicit images under the wrong content label, according to a court document made public on Wednesday.

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    A U.S. federal magistrate judge in Manhattan, in an order signed on Tuesday, stayed the proceedings in the case to allow for settlement discussions to proceed. The judge has asked for a status report by March 12, according to the document.

    In a letter to the judge, dated February 16, Take Two's lawyer said the parties had "agreed to engage in settlement discussions with the hope of amicably resolving this matter."
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