Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.

Researchers showed that large language models use a small, specialized subset of parameters to perform Theory-of-Mind reasoning, despite activating their full network for every task.

Data science has become one of the most rewarding and future-driven careers in the US, offering an average annual salary ...

Imagine you're watching a movie, in which a character puts a chocolate bar in a box, closes the box and leaves the room. Another person, also in the room, moves the bar from a box to a desk drawer.

The possibility that our entire universe merely exists inside a computer simulation is more than an idle science fiction ...

Humans have the cognitive capacity to infer and reason about the minds and thoughts of other people. Our brains are very good at it—much better than the Large Language Models or LLMs.  Although LLMs ...

Imagine you're watching a movie, in which a character puts a chocolate bar in a box, closes the box and leaves the ...

Coding with large language models (LLMs) holds huge promise, but it also exposes some long-standing flaws in software: code ...

Universities are using blockchain to secure data, fund research, and streamline administration through crypto innovation.

In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the ...

Science fiction is a particularly bountiful genre for the introduction of new words, in large part because authors come up with unique and otherworldly terms to describe their sci-fi worlds. Here are ...