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A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.

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Explore Quanta’s computer science coverage.Image generators are designed to mimic their training data, so where does their apparent creativity come from? A recent study suggests that it’s an ...