A.I.’s First Big Math Breakthrough Is Not What It Seems

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...
IEEE

Knowledge-Guided Competitive Evolutionary Algorithm for Multi-Solution Sensor-Weapon-Target Assignment Problem

Abstract: The Sensor-Weapon-Target Assignment (SWTA) problem in modern air defense systems requires simultaneous optimization of sensor allocation, weapon assignment, and temporal coordination under ...
The New York Times

Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments

Newly available videos and existing footage synchronized and assessed by The Times provide a frame-by-frame look at how an ICE officer ended up shooting and killing a motorist in Minneapolis. By The ...
csis.org

The Pentagon’s AI Problem Isn’t Algorithms, It’s Evaluation

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new arms race and the centerpiece of defense modernization efforts across multiple countries, including the United States. Yet, despite the surge in AI investments, ...
The Washington Post

TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head.

TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...
IEEE

Optimization Algorithm of UAVs Task Assignment and Path Planning Based on Dynamic Cluster Particle Swarm Optimization

Abstract: Task assignment and path planning are crucial links in the task execution of uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) cluster, especially in high-dimensional complex scenarios, the calculation ...
www.cs.cmu.edu

The Algorithm

In a standard paper assignment setting, a set $\mathcal{P}$ of $n^{(p)}$ papers needs to be assigned to a set $\mathcal{R}$ of $n^{(r)}$ reviewers. To ensure each ...
MIT Technology Review

Google DeepMind’s new AI agent cracks real-world problems better than humans can

AlphaEvolve uses large language models to find new algorithms that outperform the best human-made solutions for data center management, chip design, and more. Google DeepMind has once again used large ...
Wired

A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...
Frontiers

A comparative analysis of binary and multi-class classification machine learning algorithms to detect current frailty status using the English longitudinal study of ageing (ELSA)

Physical frailty is a pressing public health issue that significantly increases the risk of disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Early and accurate detection of frailty is essential for timely ...
Quanta Magazine

Quantum Speedup Found for Huge Class of Hard Problems

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. For ...