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In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use ...

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Researchers have developed a method to reduce uncertainty in artificial intelligence (AI) systems by tapping into the power of quantum computers. They say their work represents the first demonstration ...

We examine how AI is changing the future of work — and how, in many ways, that future is already here. While the age of sentient robot assistants isn't quite here yet, AI is fast making a bid to be ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

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An artificial intelligence (AI) model has solved an 80-year-old math problem in a feat hailed as a major milestone for AI's mathematical ability. The planar unit distance problem, first posed by ...