
Don’t Blame AI. Plagiarism Is Turning Digital News into Hot Garbage
A botched obituary underlines threats from both artificial intelligence and digital plagiarism mills to pollute the news with misinformation
A botched obituary underlines threats from both artificial intelligence and digital plagiarism mills to pollute the news with misinformation
We need to figure out if there is a constitutional right to compute
Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture
Extreme heat can slow and even damage electronics ranging from computers to cars
To steal cars that rely on remotes and computer networks, thieves are trading their pry bars for laptops and wireless devices
We surveyed Canadian youth about science when it comes to making informed decisions. Their responses tell us that we need to work harder to help youth everywhere recognize misinformation...
A replicability crisis threatens computational science without shared code, data and methods from studies. A new replication agreement system can mitigate this crisis.
Politically polarized Google users are not steered to partisan sites by the search engine’s algorithm but generally decide to go there on their own
Math is called the “universal language,” but a unique dialect is being reborn
The program also challenges certain assumptions about self-driving cars
A professor explains why he is allowing students to incorporate ChatGPT into their writing process instead of banning the new technology
New “exascale” supercomputers will bring breakthroughs in science. But the technology also exists to study nuclear weapons
A new algorithm solves the long-standing “hidden line problem” of computer graphics
Social media companies need to give their data to independent researchers to better understand how to keep users safe
How, and whether, to keep atomic time in sync with Earth’s rotation is still up for debate
Acquaintances, more than close friends, show the strength of “weak ties” when it comes to employment
Flexible organic circuits that mimic biological neurons could increase processing speed and might someday hook right into your head
The CHIPS and Science Act aims to support domestic semiconductor production, new high-tech jobs and scientific research—even NASA
Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying arthropods pose the most danger
When we first started researching Klára Dán von Neumann, we thought she was “the computer scientist you should thank for your smartphone’s weather app.” It turns out that’s not true...
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