Quantum walks sound abstract, but they sit at the center of a very concrete race: who will harness quantum mechanics to solve problems that overwhelm today’s most powerful supercomputers. Instead of ...

The topic of AI and its implications for orthopedic surgeons became of high personal importance when Bill Gates predicted that AI would replace physicians and others within the next decade. As an ...

Researchers at Google have used their Willow quantum computer to demonstrate that "quantum contextuality" may be a crucial ...

anthropomorphism: When humans tend to give nonhuman objects humanlike characteristics. In AI, this can include believing a ...

Fully functional quantum computers remain out of reach, but optimism across the field is rising. At the Q2B Silicon Valley conference in December, researchers and executives ...

AI content creation has exploded, creating a wave of auto-generated videos, scripts, and shows that compete with traditional programming. Live TV still holds power in news and sports, but audiences ...

And I think a lot of what we’re going to be seeing in the next, let’s say, 12 to 24 months, are people realizing that whoever has the strongest, most holistic data set is going to be in the best ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

A relic of the not-so-distant past could determine the American championship and in turn which Group of Five team reaches the College Football Playoff. With five teams in the mix for the conference ...

Quantum computers are coming. And when they arrive, they are going to upend the way we protect sensitive data. Unlike classical computers, quantum computers harness quantum mechanical effects — like ...

The nomination hearing for Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has been postponed. A spokesperson ...

Mr. Means quietly departed his federal role about a month ago. His sister has been nominated for surgeon general. By Benjamin Mueller Calley Means, an influential adviser to Health Secretary Robert F.