An M.I.T. Ph.D. student and two University of California system cryptographers used GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra in different ways, raising new questions about independent discovery and scientific credit ...

The idea that artificial intelligence can “reason” is more intuitive than ever. But intuitions can be wrong, and the science is far from settled.

Ever notice how chatbots often insist on making up an answer instead of admitting defeat? Like a student desperately scribbling nonsense to avoid handing in a blank page, large language models (LLMs) ...

The attacker does not steal a password directly or break into the computer, but instead studies the traces left behind by the ...

There are many algorithms for which it has been mathematically proven that a quantum computer can generate results that would ...

The only snag was that “Shor’s algorithm”, as it is now known, required something that at the time only existed on university ...

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Four independent research teams report big advances in devices built with the underestimated quantum bits, including lower ...

Software that claims to decipher employees’ emotions is gaining popularity. There may be upsides – yet the tech also risks ...