Data science is everywhere, a driving force behind modern decisions. When a streaming service suggests a movie, a bank sends ...

Cerf’s February 2026 Communications Cerf’s Up column, “Does AI Now Represent a Paradigm Shift?” rightly characterizes modern ...

We humans are complex creatures, and nowhere is this clearer than on social media. A veritable buffet of the best and worst of humanity, social media is a cultural ...

The second Donald Trump Administration is working to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in education, including by aiding its adoption in K–12 schools.

Artificial intelligence models are increasingly writing their own code, leading to speculation about shifts in the job market ...

Long before modern computers existed, scientists and philosophers wondered whether machines could imitate human reasoning. This video traces the evolution of that idea from Aristotle’s logic and ...

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 ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ahead of the problem and keep our data secure. When you purchase through ...