Field: Computer Science

Students want to work with their communities, universities, and governments to figure out how to engage productively and responsibly with AI.

Understanding Earth’s internal history can be used to target mineral reserves – not only diamonds, but also crucial minerals.

The world’s smallest holographic microscope foreshadows a future in which smartphones could be used for high-res microscopy.

Former OpenAi researcher Kenneth Stanley explores the potential for AI to help us unlock new creativity by turning former dead ends into viable paths forward.

We sat down with two prominent AI artists to talk about their projects and their quest to create new genres.

Google has rolled out a suite of coding capabilities for Bard AI in 20 different programming languages.

A cybersecurity researcher explains how you can use your phone to make passwords a thing of the past.

Through clever prompts, OpenAI's red team and public "jailbreakers" are revealing the holes in GPT-4's guardrails.

Math and logic are a weakness for chatbot AIs like GPT-4. Access to Excel may help change that.

OpenAI has announced that ChatGPT plugins, including ones for shopping, travel planning, and workflow optimization, will be rolling out soon.

Using these basics of prompt engineering, you can get the most out of generative AI.

AI responds to questions but doesn’t actually know anything and is prone to making things up. Should you trust is with your internet search?

Generative AI uses a type of learning called generative adversarial networks and has many uses, including creating images, text, and audio.

A computer’s power is still limited by the number of operations it can execute per second and the efficiency of the algorithms it runs.

AutoML-Zero is a simple proof-of-concept that shows how t might someday be scaled up and applied to more complex problems.

ChatGPT is designed to produce strings of words that sound good in response to the words you give it – not to provide you with information.

Will society will use this moment of AI breakthroughs to advance equity or exacerbate disparities? Five experts weigh in.

Last year saw breakthroughs from AI tools such as ChatGPT, DeepMind, and DALL-E, which generate text and code.

The RISC-V architecture for microchips is transitioning from a novelty to a major player in the tech world.

It's made headlines so often that there is no question that 2022 will be remembered as the year that Generative AI stunned the world.

The Russian government is switching from the Windows operating system to the open-source OS Linux and encouraging companies to follow suit.

A Stanford-led team has developed a new microchip that could let us run advanced AI programs directly on our devices.

Researchers use machine learning to automatically solve, explain, and generate university-level math problems at a human level.

Engineers have created an AI chip with alternating layers of sensing and processing elements that can communicate with each other.

Researchers correctly forecast a volcanic eruption five months in advance by running a modeling program on a supercomputer.

The US Department of Energy’s Frontier system is the fastest supercomputer in the world and the first exascale computer ever.

A device that gets electricity to flow through a superconductor in one direction without the use of magnets could revolutionize electronics.

Better public WiFi networks could be created by broadcasting signals over the 60 GHz frequency band from transmitters attached to light poles.

Ultra-pure diamond wafers could be used for quantum memory in tomorrow’s ultra-powerful quantum computers.

Russian hackers stepped up their efforts against Ukraine in the run-up to the 2022 invasion, but with notably different results.

By using quantum physics to measure magnetic fields, researchers are pushing closer to measuring the brain in ways we couldn't before.

The advance may enable real-time imaging devices that are smaller, cheaper, and more robust than other systems.

Defending against cyberattacks increasingly means looking for patterns in large amounts of data – a task AI was made for.

Two college grads earned four million dollars by mining the cryptocurrency with specialized shipping containers that use flare gas.

A recent research paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution explores obstacles toward general artificial intelligence, specifically: what prevents AI from improvising?

Can this recycled technology save the citizens of Tornado Alley?

IBM and Samsung have unveiled a new microchip design that promises radically faster, more efficient semiconductor chips.

Blockchains do more than crypto; logistics, contracts, and more use the tech. But there’s a problem: blockchain communication is still difficult.

Codex, from OpenAI, can turn normal, conversational commands into programming, taking text to code.

The General Index is a searchable database of keywords and brief sentences from publications that anyone may use to navigate scientific knowledge locked behind paywalls.

Disposable tech is part of big tech’s business model. This engineer is fighting back by creating a DIY laptop anyone can repair on their own.

Researchers developed hologram technology that uses air jets to create physical sensations, giving users the ability to feel virtual objects.

Scientists have built the smallest artificial flying structures yet — gadgets that could one-day monitor air pollution and the spread of airborne diseases.

The world’s smallest computer was used to figure out why one species of snail survived a situation that pushed more than 50 others into extinction.

IBM has unveiled the world’s first 2-nanometer microchips, a breakthrough in chip technology that could lead to faster devices that require less energy.

An IBM quantum computer is being installed at the Cleveland Clinic as part of the organizations' Discovery Accelerator collaboration.

Framework has announced a new modular laptop that’s easy to repair and upgrade, which could make it last twice as long as the average laptop.

Cloud-based quantum computing is making the cutting-edge tech available to people today, not years from now when the systems are more readily available.

Quantum computing is the holy grail of computer science. Here's everything you need to know about how it works — and why it will be world-changing.

Genome sequencing tech is getting more portable. Now, there’s a genome analysis app that puts the ability to study those genomes in scientists’ pockets.

Quantum sensors will transform self-driving cars, medical imaging, and more.

Physicists have created a modem for the quantum internet of the future, giving powerful quantum computers a way to share information.

Here’s how election officials and volunteers across the country are working around the clock to ensure a free, fair, and safe Election Day.

After spending two years on the ocean’s floor, Microsoft’s underwater data center had a much lower server failure rate than land-based data centers.

Extremely rare but massively disruptive, no one sees a black swan event coming. But researchers are building a method that may change that.

Voting machines may have security vulnerabilities, so the largest supplier is inviting pro hackers to find them.

While some security experts prepare for quantum hacking, others argue that the EARN IT Act is the threat to encryption we need to address right now.

This start-up just launched an at-home coding kit that aims to get more girls into tech.

The popular toy company that’s mass-producing PPE, how to fight the coronavirus from your computer, and more top stories in our weekly Progress Report.

Potentially life-saving medical research is often hidden behind expensive paywalls, limiting access for those in the developing world. So one modern-day Robin Hood illegally downloaded and shared over 5,000 coronavirus research papers on Reddit.

This progressive organization is on a mission to break the cycle of recidivism, using coding. Incarcerated individuals can now spend their sentences acquiring marketable skills.

Help fight the coronavirus by donating your spare computing power to [email protected], which will use it to run valuable protein-folding simulations.

The Summit supercomputer made quick work of complicated simulations to identify 77 compounds that could be promising COVID-19 treatments.

Using a computer model powered by artificial intelligence, researchers at MIT have identified several promising candidates for powerful new antibiotics.

Scientists have successfully entangled photons across a 52-mile-long quantum loop in Chicago, a major milestone along the path to a quantum Internet.

Dating apps are really good at introducing you to lots of people, but they might not be the best way to find a lifelong partner. Can we decode our data to get better results?

One woman is tracking thousands of missing people. Autism is her superpower.

This search and rescue expert discovered that many missing people had nobody looking for them. Then he had an idea: what if hackers made a game out of finding missing people through the internet?

Can three simple words change how we find each other?

If huge companies and government agencies can't manage the cyber threats, how can ordinary Americans?

For Ladar Levison, founder of secure email service Lavabit, everything changed when the two FBI agents showed up at...