Find out why the results may temper claims that recursive self-improvement is on the horizon. —Michelle Kim This summer has ...

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As social media companies face scrutiny over addictive design features, mental health experts cite a stream of breakup content as an example of the failure to protect users. As social media companies ...

Dr. Murray is a professor of great texts and creative writing at Baylor University. About 2,000 years ago, the Roman philosopher Seneca warned of a crisis of attention. The problem wasn’t caused by ...

Every algorithm ever written reduces to just two ingredients and two fundamental questions about time, space, and correctness. This is the hidden architecture beneath all computation, from ancient ...

The way Australians are assessed for home-based aged-care funding is being investigated by the Commonwealth ombudsman. Critics say assessment for funding under the Support at Home program is flawed, ...

Google has unveiled TurboQuant, a new AI compression algorithm that can reduce the RAM requirements for large language models by 6x. By optimizing how AI stores data through a method called ...

In case you had any doubt, Elon Musk’s X has an algorithm that favors conservative content posted by political activists over liberal content or posts by traditional news media accounts, according to ...

What do you have planned this Valentine's Day? Well for us, it's a big night in with all our closest pals, music on, Valentine's themed cocktails to serve and some silly games all evening. And top of ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the move was a victory for transparency. "We know the algorithm is dumb and needs ...