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Data Compression Drives the Internet. Here’s How It Works.

By Elliot Lichtman
May 31, 2023
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One student’s desire to get out of a final exam led to the ubiquitous algorithm that shrinks data without sacrificing information.

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Some Neural Networks Learn Language Like Humans

By Steve Nadis
May 22, 2023
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Researchers uncover striking parallels in the ways that humans and machine learning models acquire language skills.

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Secret Messages Can Hide in AI-Generated Media

By Stephen Ornes
May 18, 2023
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In steganography, an ordinary message masks the presence of a secret communication. Humans can never do it perfectly, but a new study shows it’s possible for machines.

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Chatbots Don’t Know What Stuff Isn’t

By Max G. Levy
May 12, 2023
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Today’s language models are more sophisticated than ever, but they still struggle with the concept of negation. That’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

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The Most Important Machine That Was Never Built

By Sheon Han
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When he invented Turing machines in 1936, Alan Turing also invented modern computing.

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The Computer Scientist Peering Inside AI’s Black Boxes

By Allison Parshall
April 27, 2023
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Cynthia Rudin wants machine learning models, responsible for increasingly important decisions, to show their work.

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The Number 15 Describes the Secret Limit of an Infinite Grid

By Kevin Hartnett
April 20, 2023
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The “packing coloring” problem asks how many numbers are needed to fill an infinite grid so that identical numbers never get too close to one another. A new computer-assisted proof finds a surprisingly straightforward answer.

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A New Approach to Computation Reimagines Artificial Intelligence

By Anil Ananthaswamy
April 13, 2023
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By imbuing enormous vectors with semantic meaning, we can get machines to reason more abstractly — and efficiently — than before.

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How Randomness Improves Algorithms

By Ben Brubaker
April 3, 2023
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Unpredictability can help computer scientists solve otherwise intractable problems.


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