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neural networks

Researchers Gain New Understanding From Simple AI

By Mordechai Rorvig
April 14, 2022
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Language processing programs are notoriously hard to interpret, but smaller versions can provide important insights into how they work.

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mathematical physics

Deep Learning Poised to ‘Blow Up’ Famed Fluid Equations

By Jordana Cepelewicz
April 12, 2022
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For centuries, mathematicians have tried to prove that Euler’s fluid equations can produce nonsensical answers. A new approach to machine learning has researchers betting that “blowup” is near.

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computational complexity

Researchers Identify ‘Master Problem’ Underlying All Cryptography

By Erica Klarreich
April 6, 2022
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The existence of secure cryptography depends on one of the oldest questions in computational complexity.

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artificial intelligence

Machine Learning Reimagines the Building Blocks of Computing

By Nick Thieme
March 15, 2022
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Traditional algorithms power complicated computational tools like machine learning. A new approach, called algorithms with predictions, uses the power of machine learning to improve algorithms.

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neural networks

Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence?

By Stephen Ornes
March 10, 2022
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A simple algorithm that revolutionizes how neural networks approach language is now taking on image classification as well. It may not stop there.

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machine learning

In New Math Proofs, Artificial Intelligence Plays to Win

By Leila Sloman
March 7, 2022
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A new computer program fashioned after artificial intelligence systems like AlphaGo has solved several open problems in combinatorics and graph theory.

cryptography

Cryptographers Achieve Perfect Secrecy With Imperfect Devices

By Mordechai Rorvig
February 25, 2022
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For the first time, experiments demonstrate the possibility of sharing secrets with perfect privacy — even when the devices used to share them cannot be trusted.

neural networks

AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware

By Allison Whitten
February 17, 2022
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Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.

machine learning

Machine Learning Becomes a Mathematical Collaborator

By Kelsey Houston-Edwards
February 15, 2022
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Two recent collaborations between mathematicians and DeepMind demonstrate the potential of machine learning to help researchers generate new mathematical conjectures.


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