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Researchers Gain New Understanding From Simple AI

April 14, 2022

Language processing programs are notoriously hard to interpret, but smaller versions can provide important insights into how they work.

Researchers Identify ‘Master Problem’ Underlying All Cryptography

April 6, 2022

The existence of secure cryptography depends on one of the oldest questions in computational complexity.

Machine Learning Reimagines the Building Blocks of Computing

March 15, 2022

Traditional algorithms power complicated computational tools like machine learning. A new approach, called algorithms with predictions, uses the power of machine learning to improve algorithms.

Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence?

March 10, 2022

A simple algorithm that revolutionizes how neural networks approach language is now taking on image classification as well. It may not stop there.

Cryptographers Achieve Perfect Secrecy With Imperfect Devices

February 25, 2022

For the first time, experiments demonstrate the possibility of sharing secrets with perfect privacy — even when the devices used to share them cannot be trusted.

AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware

February 17, 2022

Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.

Machine Learning Becomes a Mathematical Collaborator

February 15, 2022

Two recent collaborations between mathematicians and DeepMind demonstrate the potential of machine learning to help researchers generate new mathematical conjectures.

Computer Scientists Prove Why Bigger Neural Networks Do Better

February 10, 2022

Two researchers show that for neural networks to be able to remember better, they need far more parameters than previously thought.

Machine Learning Gets a Quantum Speedup

February 4, 2022

Two teams have shown how quantum approaches can solve problems faster than classical computers, bringing physics and computer science closer together.

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