Americans are living in parallel AI universes. For much of the country, AI has come to mean ChatGPT, Google’s AI overviews, and the slop that now clogs social-media feeds. Meanwhile, tech hobbyists ...

Computer scientists Maria Apostolaki, Benjamin Eysenbach, and Yasaman Ghasempour; chemists William Jacobs and Erin Stache; physicist Isobel Ojalvo; and mathematician Bartolomeo Stellato are members of ...

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...

Deep within the source code of this online multiplayer game lies an enigmatic number that puzzles and inspires experts to this day ...

Sylvano Alvarez earned a full scholarship to law school after career in Bay Area tech, now serves Northern Virginia's ...

Computer science has long operated on a foundation of trust: researchers publish findings, peers verify them, and the field ...

The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against Meta is getting underway in New Mexico.

Researchers say that the recommendation algorithm published by X doesn't offer the kind of transparency that would actually ...

Quantum computing is an emerging paradigm that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to solve computational problems beyond the reach of classical computers. This article provides an overview ...

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.