Three economists grabbed a beer. A multibillion-dollar industry was born. The billion-dollar prediction markets industry began like a joke: Three economists walked into a bar.

Large language models (LLMs) can suggest hypotheses, write code and draft papers, and AI agents are automating parts of the research process. Although this can accelerate science, it also makes it ...

A neutron star’s teaspoon of material would weigh billions of tons. Venus rotates backwards compared to most planets. Space smells like seared steak, according to astronauts. There are more trees on ...

Data from the UC system show that 12,652 undergraduates are majoring in computer science this year, a 6% decline from 2024 and down 9% over two ...

Computer scientist David Magerman, a veteran of Renaissance Technologies, argues that AI doomsday predictions are overblown hype. He asserts that current LLM-based AI solutions are largely in failing ...

Meet ENIAC, which stands for electronic numerical integrator and computer. "We like to refer to it as the start of the age of computing," Paul Shaffer, an ENIAC historian, said. For context, this ...

At the end of 2024, no AI had even managed to place 100th in one of the major competitions. But they have since vaulted up the leaderboards. AIs have already proved that they can make superhuman ...

The team used an AI method known as equation discovery to develop a model to simulate the interactions between small eddies—circular, vortex-like currents—and large-scale ones. These interactions are ...

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In mathematics, proofs can be written down and shared. In cryptography, when people are trying to avoid revealing their ...

With the exception of UC San Diego, the University of California system is seeing a downward trend in undergraduate computer science majors amid looming questions about AI and traditional career paths ...

It was once a degree to some of the highest-paying jobs in the world, but now the University of California is seeing a drop ...