Scientific American

NASA’s Apollo moon missions relied on this computer scientist and differential equations

It’s July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are about to land on the moon. They will be the first humans to set foot ...
New Scientist

Computer finds flaw in major physics paper for first time

A computer language created to spot errors in mathematical theorems has uncovered a fundamental error in a widely cited physics paper for the first time. The ...
InfoQ

Google Open-Sources the Common Expression Language for Python

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InfoQ

Google Researchers Propose Bayesian Teaching Method for Large Language Models

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The New York Times

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...
New Scientist

Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week

A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...
today.ucsd

A New Method to Steer AI Output Uncovers Vulnerabilities and Potential Improvements

Researchers went under the hood of large language models to identify and influence specific concepts They were able to identify hallucinations and improve LLM outputs They uncovered vulnerabilities, ...
InfoWorld

Python is slipping in popularity – Tiobe

Python still holds the top ranking in the monthly Tiobe index of programming language popularity, leading by more than 10 percentage points over second-place C. But Python’s popularity actually has ...
Science Daily

New computer language helps spot hidden pollutants

Biologists and chemists have a new programming language to uncover previously unknown environmental pollutants at breakneck speed -- without requiring them to code. Biologists and chemists have a new ...
Bleeping Computer

Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to ...
The Conversation

The world’s most sensitive computer code is vulnerable to attack. A new encryption method can help

Nowadays data breaches aren’t rare shocks – they’re a weekly drumbeat. From leaked customer records to stolen source code, our digital lives keep spilling into the open. Git services are especially ...