Welcome to Blendle Hand-picked! Here are the stories you can’t miss this week:

1) The New York Times on Jeffrey Epstein’s plan to spread his DNA through the human race ($0.19) - http://bit.ly/2YqrvtO

2) FT Weekend on how we can build better artificial intelligence ($0.49) -http://bit.ly/2YI09P3

3) The New York Times on how a woman convinced her kidnapper not to kill her ($0.19) - http://bit.ly/2YsG8g3

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