Perplexity has introduced “Computer,” a new tool that allows users to assign tasks and see them carried out by a system that coordinates multiple agents running various models. The company claims that ...

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...

A simple brain-training program that sharpens how quickly older adults process visual information may have a surprisingly powerful long-term payoff. In a major 20-year study of adults 65 and older, ...

Researchers in China published a paper describing a theoretical model for photonic computing that used light particles instead of electrons for faster processing. The team developed “parallel optical ...

For decades, the idea of parallel worlds sounded like science fiction. But modern physics has introduced theories that quietly allow for the existence of multiple realities. These ideas emerge not ...

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics is proud to present the twenty-first Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing. This series of conferences has played a key role in ...

KISMAAYO, Somalia — A consultative conference held in the southern Somali city of Kismaayo has issued a wide-ranging communiqué highlighting deepening political divisions and warning of parallel ...

Access to high school computer science courses has plateaued, and overall high school student participation in those classes has declined slightly, concludes Code.org’s annual report on the state of ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

Tom Jenkins and Alan McRae in David Kohner Zuckerman’s Parallel Process. Photo by Lua Rasga. For those who appreciate dramas that deal with the mental aftermath of Vietnam, Parallel Process, a ...

Last spring, the Department of Computer Science introduced a waitlist hiring process for fall teaching assistant applicants, allowing department leaders to take TAs off reserve when course enrollment ...

Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...