For the past six years, Los Alamos National Laboratory has led the world in trying to understand one of the most frustrating barriers that faces variational quantum computing: the barren plateau.

IBM says it’s overcoming a quantum computing challenge with new error-correction techniques for fault-tolerant systems.

Liars Can Defeat AI Algorithms Using One Simple Technique AI algorithms to detect deception have a tough time outsmarting human ingenuity. Posted June 11, 2025 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D.

The powerful algorithms that fuel social media platforms are feeding users days-old and sometimes completely fake content about the recent unrest in L.A., contributing to a sense of nonstop crisis ...

One notable exception? Taking apart numbers. In 1994, the mathematician Peter Shor devised an algorithm that would let quantum computers factor big numbers exponentially faster than classical machines ...

Colorado politicians are cracking down on rent algorithms that they say are driving up housing prices.

This New Algorithm for Sorting Books or Files Is Close to Perfection The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books.