Computing

Surprising new work bucks 50 years of assumptions about the trade-offs between computation space and time

Later this year a tiny rover will carry out an unusual lunar task

Many people believe AI will one day cause human extinction. A little math tells us it wouldn’t be that easy

Discarded authors Sarah Gabbott and Jan Zalasiewicz, observers of the geological past, look into the future

Schrödinger’s cat is scratching its head over the “topological” qubit that is causing a buzz in quantum computing. We should be, too

A federal court’s decision deals a legal blow to the open Internet

Thousands of notoriously difficult problems in computer science are actually the same problem in disguise

Google’s new chip, Willow, has achieved the exponential suppression of errors. The advance is substantial, but Willow remains far from delivering on any practical applications

From spotless giraffes to secret squirrels, Janelle Shane probes the absurdity (and dangers) of generative AI

Until AI algorithms understand what words mean, they won’t be reliable for important decisions—especially those with money on the line

In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers

An antitrust expert explains Monday’s landmark legal decision that Google illegally cemented its dominance in Internet search