Stephen Ornes

It’s been difficult to find important questions that quantum computers can answer faster than classical machines, but a new algorithm appears to do it for some critical optimization tasks.

Larger models can pull off greater feats, but the accessibility and efficiency of smaller models make them attractive tools.

How do we know if a large language model is lying? Letting AI systems argue with each other may help expose the truth.

Long explored but infrequently embraced, base 3 computing may yet find a home in cybersecurity.

The prolific researcher found deep connections between randomness and computation and spent a career influencing cryptographers, complexity researchers and more.

A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them.

By bringing together disparate approaches, machines can reach a new level of creative problem-solving.

A new algorithm brings together the advantages of randomness and deterministic processes to reliably construct large prime numbers.

In steganography, an ordinary message masks the presence of a secret communication. Humans can never do it perfectly, but a new study shows it’s possible for machines.