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The Computer Scientist Peering Inside AI’s Black Boxes

By Allison Parshall
April 27, 2023
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Cynthia Rudin wants machine learning models, responsible for increasingly important decisions, to show their work.

combinatorics

The Number 15 Describes the Secret Limit of an Infinite Grid

By Kevin Hartnett
April 20, 2023
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The “packing coloring” problem asks how many numbers are needed to fill an infinite grid so that identical numbers never get too close to one another. A new computer-assisted proof finds a surprisingly straightforward answer.

machine learning

A New Approach to Computation Reimagines Artificial Intelligence

By Anil Ananthaswamy
April 13, 2023
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By imbuing enormous vectors with semantic meaning, we can get machines to reason more abstractly — and efficiently — than before.

algorithms

How Randomness Improves Algorithms

By Ben Brubaker
April 3, 2023
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Unpredictability can help computer scientists solve otherwise intractable problems.

Turing Award

Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet Pioneer, Wins Turing Award

By Ben Brubaker
March 22, 2023
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The American researcher was recognized for his central role in inventing, standardizing and commercializing the ubiquitous networking technology.

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combinatorics

Surprise Computer Science Proof Stuns Mathematicians

By Leila Sloman
March 21, 2023
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For decades, mathematicians have been inching forward on a problem about which sets contain evenly spaced patterns of three numbers. Last month, two computer scientists blew past all of those results.

artificial intelligence

The Unpredictable Abilities Emerging From Large AI Models

By Stephen Ornes
March 16, 2023
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Large language models like ChatGPT are now big enough that they’ve started to display startling, unpredictable behaviors.

Arvind Narayanan
Q&A

The Researcher Who Would Teach Machines to Be Fair

By Sheon Han
March 10, 2023
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Arvind Narayanan uses quantitative methods to expose and correct the misuse of quantitative methods.

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machine learning

In Neural Networks, Unbreakable Locks Can Hide Invisible Doors

By Ben Brubaker
March 2, 2023
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Cryptographers have shown how perfect security can undermine machine learning models.


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