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Mathematics and computing
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Google’s new quantum chip achieves accuracy milestone
Researchers at Google have built a chip that has enabled them to demonstrate the first ‘below threshold’ quantum…
More-powerful AI is coming. Academia and industry must oversee it — together
Sam Altman of OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, says that machines will create superintelligence. Research is needed…
How close is AI to human-level intelligence?
OpenAI’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) system dropped in September with a bold promise. The company behind the chatbot…
The contentious genius who made black holes real
The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the Cost of Genius Patchen Barss Basic (2024) In the early days…
academics lack access to powerful chips needed for research
Tech giant NVIDIA’s H100 graphics-processing unit is a sought after chip for artificial-intelligence research.Credit: NVIDIA Many university scientists…
Why forecast an election that’s too close to call?
Four years ago, The Economist magazine asked me to construct a model for forecasting the results of the…
physics Nobel-winner on solving problems between fields
John Hopfield started his career in physics and moved to study problems in chemistry and biology.Credit: Denise Applewhite,…
Which is the fairest electoral system? Mega-election year sparks debate
Download the 25 October long read podcast By the end of 2024 up to two billion people will…
‘Look twice and forgive once’ when judging social behaviour
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 23 October 2024 How should people judge someone when they know a lot about that person’s…
AI watermarking must be watertight to be effective
Watermarking could soon be coming to an AI chatbot near you.Credit: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto/Getty Seldom has a tool or…