Are A.I. Text Generators Thinking Like Humans — Or Just Very Good at Convincing Us They Are?
A researcher’s experiments raise uncomfortable questions about the rapid evolution of large language models.
Digital Marketplaces Have Incentives to Keep Sellers in the Dark
Online platforms that match consumers may strategically withhold information about supply and demand to maximize returns.
Explainer: What Is an Algorithm?
Algorithms aren’t just for coders and computers. Watch to learn why.
A New Strategy to Speed Up Cold Case Investigations
Solving crimes with forensic genetic genealogy is slow and complicated. A new mathematical analysis could crack cases 10 times faster.
The Spy Who Came in from the Code
A New York Times reporter details how the government and tech companies are leaving the U.S. vulnerable to hacking and cyber espionage.
How Income Inequality Can Drive COVID Infections
A look at lockdowns in Chile finds that wealth played a major role in who stayed home and who risked infection.
