The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

USC researchers built artificial neurons that replicate real brain processes using ion-based diffusive memristors. These devices emulate how neurons use chemicals to transmit and process signals, ...

My graduate studies included learning about constraint-based optimization algorithms (such as linear programming) and ...

Facebook parent Meta has reached nuclear power deals with three companies as it continues to look for electricity sources for its artificial intelligence data centers Disney announced the agreement on ...

The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billions to build. Tech giants are finding ways to avoid being on the hook for some of those costs. By Karen Weise and Eli ...

Buzzy AI startup Mercor employs tens of thousands of white-collar contractors, and the gig is open to anyone with expertise in their own particular field. Plus, tech billionaires’ ‘Save California’ ...

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National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields ...

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Computational models are mathematical models used to numerically study the behaviour of complex systems by means of a computer simulation. A computational model can be used to make predictions of the ...