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Zapier reports that while AI computer agents like Claude and ChatGPT can now control computers, safety concerns persist.

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So, how many quantum computers are there in the world today? It’s a question a lot of people are asking, and honestly, the ...

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most ...

The painstaking process of formalization to verify proofs is starting to surge thanks to AI. That could radically change the ...

Using AI later in solving tough problems boosts critical thinking and memory, a study shows, highlighting trade-offs between ...

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Sleeping on a problem might be more powerful than we ever imagined. Neuroscientists at Northwestern University have shown that dreams can actually be nudged in specific directions — and those dream ...

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For decades, the solution to harder problems has been ‘build a bigger computer’— but what if this is the wrong strategy altogether? This is because some problems defeat computers, not because they are ...

Silicon Valley has created the impression of the archetypal technology company as founded by smart, young guns in a garage who tinker around to find a product that can make them, and their investors, ...