In COLLEGE 102 and 2026 film “Mercy,” algorithms promise fairness but hinge on a single decision: where to draw the cutoff.

The global educational ecosystem is currently navigating an unusual shift, perhaps the most consequential since the dawn of the Industrial ...

Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Whether you're doing a simple web search or generating a complicated video, better prompts mean better results. Upgrade your prompt game with these tips and tricks.

In his new book, “A World Appears,” Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a ...

LEGO Education’s CS and AI curriculum is designed to build AI literacy by turning students from passive users into active ...

AI hardware needs to become more brain-like to meet the growing energy demands of real-world applications, according to researchers. In a study published in Frontiers in Science, scientists from ...

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.

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

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Children often surprise us with their natural problem-solving skills. A new study shows that they can discover efficient algorithms on their own. Researchers Huiwen Alex Yang, Bill D. Thompson, and ...

Social media algorithms are pushing unsolicited pornographic content into children’s feeds, according to a report by the Children’s Commissioner. The data was collected prior to the implementation of ...