Computer science

Making sure our machines understand the intent behind our instructions is an important problem that requires understanding intelligence itself.

A quantum approach to data analysis that relies on the study of shapes will likely remain an example of a quantum advantage — albeit for increasingly unlikely scenarios.

Inspired by the results of a game-playing neural network, mathematicians have been making unexpected advances on an age-old math problem.

An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers.

Lattice cryptography promises to protect secrets from the attacks of far-future quantum computers.

A team of physicists has entangled three photons over a considerable distance, which could lead to more powerful quantum cryptography.

Harry Halpin wants our internet conversations to be more private. He’s helped create a new kind of network that might make it possible.

Zero-knowledge proofs allow researchers to prove their knowledge without divulging the knowledge itself.

Efforts to build a better digital “nose” suggest that our perception of scents reflects both the structure of aromatic molecules and the metabolic processes that make them.