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The AI Pioneer With Provocative Plans for Humanity

December 4, 2024

While some fret about technology’s social impacts, Raj Reddy still believes in the power of artificial intelligence to improve lives.

What Is Distributed Computing?

November 25, 2024

Our computers can get a lot more done when they share the load with other machines.

How Public Key Cryptography Really Works, Using Only Simple Math

November 15, 2024

The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure.

Debate May Help AI Models Converge on Truth

November 8, 2024

How do we know if a large language model is lying? Letting AI systems argue with each other may help expose the truth.

Computer Scientists Establish the Best Way to Traverse a Graph

October 25, 2024

Dijkstra’s algorithm was long thought to be the most efficient way to find a graph’s best routes. Researchers have now proved that it’s “universally optimal.”

‘Quantum Memory’ Proves Exponentially Powerful

October 16, 2024

Researchers are exploring new ways that quantum computers will be able to reveal the secrets of complex quantum systems.

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The Computer Scientist Who Builds Big Pictures From Small Details

October 7, 2024

To better understand machine learning algorithms, Lenka Zdeborová treats them like physical materials.

Computer Scientists Combine Two ‘Beautiful’ Proof Methods

October 4, 2024

Three researchers have figured out how to craft a proof that spreads out information while keeping it perfectly secret.

How ‘Embeddings’ Encode What Words Mean — Sort Of

September 18, 2024

Machines work with words by embedding their relationships with other words in a string of numbers.

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