Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could soon outperform classical computers on some complex computational problems. These computers rely on ...

Every online bank transfer, private message and Bitcoin transaction rests on the assumption that some math problems are ...

The familiar fight between “mind as software” and “mind as biology” may be a false choice. This work proposes biological computationalism: the idea that brains compute, but not in the abstract, symbol ...

I have a friend who calls me occasionally to come help him with various little things having to do with the technology at his house. This week, one of his requests was to learn more about QR codes and ...

Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

Anna’s Archive launched in 2022 in response to the US Department of Justice seizure of domains used by e-book pirate site ...

There’s a lot of anxiety around AI taking jobs. I get it. I’ve felt it myself. But what I’m seeing on the ground looks a lot ...

In the early 1970s, a quiet revolution began in American factories. Lathes, drill presses and milling machines—once guided by the steady hands of skilled machinists—started thinking for themselves.

Three AI engineers explain how returning to school, internships, and college relationships led to jobs at startups and major ...

Researchers are devising technologies that help analyze and enhance human movement and performance.

Computers found what human experts missed: a divide between aging biology research and patient care that decades of funding ...

Microsoft's one-hour lesson in Bellevue aimed to introduce kids to fast-evolving AI and helping them use it responsibly.