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Perplexity launches Computer, a $200-per-month AI agent that orchestrates 19 models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google — raising big questions about profitability, platform risk, and the future of ...

The brain-computer interface in China is expected to develop rapidly, thanks to policy support, technological advancement and surging demand. With the ability to regulate brain functioning through ...

Putting humans and LLMs head-to-head in classic tests of judgment from human psychology underscores the differences between ...

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

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

Access to high school computer science courses has plateaued, and overall high school student participation in those classes has declined slightly, concludes Code.org’s annual report on the state of ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

Anna Wang receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Moderna Australia. Jon Beves receives funding from the ...