A new study published in Nature has found that X's algorithm—the hidden system or "recipe" that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order—shifts users' political opinions in a more ...

A team of researchers has found a way to steer the output of large language models by manipulating specific concepts inside these models. The new method could lead to more reliable, more efficient, ...

Perovskites, named after a mineral discovered in the Urals in the 19th century, are compounds with the chemical formula ABX 3, where A and B are positively charged metal ions and X is a negatively ...

AI optimists envision a future where artificial general intelligence (AGI) surpasses human intelligence, but the path remains riddled with scientific and logistical hurdles.

Deep within the source code of this online multiplayer game lies an enigmatic number that puzzles and inspires experts to this day ...

The first stand-alone trial from state prosecutors in a stream of lawsuits against Meta is getting underway in New Mexico.

Keeping high-power particle accelerators at peak performance requires advanced and precise control systems. For example, the primary research machine at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas ...

A simulation shows that social media bots powered by today’s AI can infiltrate human networks on social media and influence ...

Argonaut Funds Management’s David Franklyn joins Stockhead to share investing secrets from the high-conviction resource sector investing fund, including his junior stock pick(s) of the month. There ...

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...

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.

Google’s Willow quantum computer (pictured here) is delivering. Image credits: Google. “Today, we’re announcing research that shows — for the first time in history — that a quantum computer can ...