Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...

May 18-24: As the federal government halts plans to address climate change, states, cities, regions, and even neighborhoods are trying to fill the gap, by cutting climate pollution and adapting to ...

Google has unveiled TurboQuant, a new AI compression algorithm that can reduce the RAM requirements for large language models by 6x. By optimizing how AI stores data through a method called ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

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 ...

Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

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The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at the ...

On Jan. 22, “The Alabama Solution” was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony on March 15. Read our Q&A with the ...

Indictments of our dehumanizing prison system don’t get much more conscience-piercing than what’s revealed in “The Alabama Solution,” a shattering documentary from Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman ...

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In today’s digital-first world, visibility on social platforms isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s a business imperative, especially for law firms looking to build thought leadership, attract clients, ...