While beating an AI at a board game may seem relatively trivial, it can help us identify failure modes of the AI, or ways in which we can improve their training to avoid having them develop these ...

Scientists have discovered that male fireflies in a South Carolina swamp follow local interaction rules to synchronize their flashing mating displays. The research is being presented at a meeting of ...

When Luc Beaudoin was in college, he was having trouble falling asleep. Beaudoin was studying cognitive science and psychology, so he started experimenting on himself, and he developed a method that ...

Divide any circle’s circumference by its diameter and you get pi. But what, exactly, are its digits? Measuring physical ...

Herpes simplex virus partially liquifies the tightly packed, gel-like interior of human cell nuclei to copy itself faster, a new study shows.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Work-life balance has become a top priority as Gen Z re-write ...

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From litigation to federal prisons to criminal investigations, artificial intelligence appears to have touched nearly every corner of the Department of Justice in the past year. Just two years ago, ...

CEO expectations for AI-driven growth remain high in 2026—at the same time their workforces are grappling with the more sober reality of current AI performance. Gartner research finds that only one in ...