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In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

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Just as people from different countries speak different languages, AI models also create various internal "languages"—a ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a quantum computing milestone for biotech, a new way to get forever ...

At UWM, the Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics is committed to two things: science research and public ...

Fan Chung, who has an Erdős number of 1, discusses the importance of connection — both human and mathematical.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang thought highly of DeepSeek and other Chinese contributions to global AI research as he met with Wang ...

A new AI model learns to "think" longer on hard problems, achieving more robust reasoning and better generalization to novel, unseen tasks.

Before we dive in, here's the simple definition: ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot based on OpenAI's foundational ...

Every once in a while, someone comes along who doesn’t just beat the odds; they rewrite them entirely. That’s what Ed Thorp, a mathematics professor and blackjack player, did in the 1960s when he used ...