The Busy Beaver Challenge, a notoriously difficult question in theoretical computer science, is now producing answers so ...

It’s been two years since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, reshaping the college admissions landscape — and ...

Our hero checks in at a hotel in some exotic locale, and the desk clerk says, “Ah, Mr. Barker, there’s a letter for you.” Or ...

DeepSeek-R1 uses reinforcement learning to teach reasoning, showing potential for AI to develop intelligence without human ...

Admissions officers ultimately seek extracurriculars that show initiative, sustained commitment, intellectual curiosity, and the proven ability to impact others.

Three parents who have experienced unimaginable tragedies opened up before lawmakers for a hearing on the alleged dangers of ...

The expansion of tablets and prison Wi-Fi shows both the promise of connectivity and the cost of relying on billion-dollar contractors.

Greg Seitz is working on it as an artist-in-residence at the historic Pine Needles cabin on the St. Croix River.

The authors, Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, mean that very literally: a superintelligence — an AI that’s smarter than any ...

An increasing number of people, adults and children alike, are making bots their besties: choosing AI-powered chatbots over ...

Media is changing. Rapidly. Not only that, but information is suddenly everywhere, people are losing trust in news outlets and there is a growing exhaustion with crisis reporting. Serious journalism ...

The 20-story Torre Centinela looming over Juárez is part of a much larger AI-powered surveillance system that won’t stop at ...