In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules.

Naomi Saphra thinks that most research into language models focuses too much on the finished product. She’s mining the history of their training for insights into why these systems work the way they do.

The V-JEPA system uses ordinary videos to understand the physics of the real world.

The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.

A new AI model matches street-level photos to aerial images in record time.

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

The forgotten, short-lived era of Mac clones: How Apple briefly opened its doors to other manufacturers.

Abby Stylianou's app uses hotel room photos to aid in locating trafficking victims, showcasing the power of technology in social justice efforts.

Large language models such as ChatGPT come with filters to keep certain info from getting out. A new mathematical argument shows that systems like this can never be completely safe.

In the 1960s, before PCs and the Internet were a thing, the RESISTORS were O.G. computer hackers, learning to code on old mainframes in a New Jersey barn.

Explore the year’s most surprising computational revelations, including a new fundamental relationship between time and space, an undergraduate who overthrew a 40-year-old conjecture, and the unexpectedly effortless triggers that can turn AI evil.

The Karnataka government is weighing steps to rein in the rapid expansion of computer science (CS) and allied engineering seats across the state, amid growing concerns that an unchecked supply of graduates in the stream could worsen unemployment among young…