What Happened: This is pretty wild. There’s an AI-generated singer named Xania Monet who just became the first-ever artificial artist to land on multiple Billboard radio charts. We’re talking millions ...

What Happened: This is pretty wild. There’s an AI-generated singer named Xania Monet who just became the first-ever artificial artist to land on multiple Billboard radio charts. We’re talking millions ...

Abstract: Approximate String Matching is a principle of data retrieval that allows for typos or misspelled words. It is widely applied in database management systems, search engines, and even in ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

You can get string in Minecraft by killing spiders, striders, and cats. Your tamed cat can also bring you string as a gift. You also get string in various loot chests around the world and by breaking ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

We present systematic computational analyses to investigate the influence of Matthew’s effect (i.e., “rich gets richer”) in the development, testing, and application of machine learning algorithms for ...

Plagiarism in academic and creative writing continues to be a significant challenge, driven by the exponential growth of digital content. This paper presents a systematic survey of various types of ...

The looming challenges of quantum computing have prompted the Java Platform to implement two advanced cryptographic solutions in its upcoming release, Java 24, slated for March 2025. Quantum computers ...

Welfare algorithms are expected to be an early test of how the EU’s new AI rules will be enforced once they take effect in February 2025. From then, “social scoring”—the use of AI systems to evaluate ...