How do humans make remarkable decisions with limited data and computing power—and what can that efficiency teach us about AI?

The changing use of the word algorithm reflects this enhanced visibility. In fact, the meaning of this word has changed ...

A multiscale sampling strategy pushes a classic network-distance guarantee into territory previous algorithms struggled to reach. Credit: Shutterstock A new algorithm solves a blind spot that has ...

Quantum computers already exist and are advancing quickly, but scientists predict there's much, much more to come from them – and a new study points the way to another significant step forward in the ...

Technology companies have been “running real-time, unregulated product testing on Australians” for too long, communications minister says. By Laura Chung Reporting from Sydney, Australia The ...

After Nebraska used a new interRAI tool to slash Medicaid funding for nearly 900 people, NBC News uncovered the hidden logic behind some of the cuts.

Fruit flies aren’t exactly famous for their brainpower; you’ve probably drowned more than one in a wine glass left too long on the patio table. And yet, working with roughly 140,000 neurons—a brain ...

I first encountered Dijkstra’s hot takes nearly four years ago, not long after I joined Quanta as a staff writer covering computer science. The subject was new to me — I’d been a physics journalist, ...

The push for AI involvement in education is a Trojan horse for perpetuating racial segregation, according to this incisive debut from Bobb. Having worked in STEM education at Google, the National ...

X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app’s “For You” algorithm and its core ranking engine, and adding a feature that will let users see if their account or posts ...

A couple of months ago, I made the mistake of lingering on an Instagram post that promised teachings on how to “regulate your nervous system.” I don’t know exactly how it found its way to my algorithm ...

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Northeastern University, Google Quantum AI, and the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new quantum ...