We use heuristics to solve computationally difficult problems where optimal solutions are too expensive to deploy, hard to manage, or otherwise inefficient. Our prior work, MetaOpt, shows many of the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Borderlands games are all about chasing down rare loot, and for Borderlands 4, players can once again expect to plug in some Shift codes to grab an ...

The same personalized algorithms that deliver online content based on your previous choices on social media sites like YouTube also impair learning, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when ...

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.

What if the next big leap in artificial intelligence wasn’t locked behind corporate walls but freely available to everyone? Enter the MiniMax M2, a new open source AI model that’s rewriting the rules ...

Exploring ancient China in Where Winds Meet comes with its own set of problems, with the most common being the premium currency, Echo Jade. Earning this currency requires completing quests, exploring ...

Algorithm-driven beauty, pressure on young consumers and rising tension between belonging and individuality are shaping the next era of the global beauty market, a new study has revealed. The Future ...