Hallucination is fundamental to how transformer-based language models work. In fact, it’s their greatest asset: this is the method by which language models find links between sometimes disparate ...

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Large language models (LLMs) are a new and powerful tool for solving specific physics problems. Here, the authors explore their capabilities in solving three problems of increasing complexity in ...

Knowledge gained by combining measurements and simulations leads to increased confidence in the safety of products, as Louise Wright explains.

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That’s how Meta’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun described the blowback after OpenAI researchers did a victory lap over GPT-5’s supposed math breakthroughs. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis added, ...

As an academic discipline, logic is the study of reasoning. Logic puzzles, therefore, involve solving problems by making a series of inferences and assessing these using reasoning. Sounds easy, right?

The NYT Pips Game for October 18, 2025, comes with a perfect mix of math, logic, and placement puzzles. From easy “greater than” clues to tricky, hard-level equations, today’s challenge keeps every ...

This event aims to encourage students who are either women or members of another underrepresented gender within STEM, to continue their studies to graduate level and beyond. The event features talks ...

Former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth criticised the decision to drop Kuldeep Yadav from the playing XI for the first ODI in Perth. Kuldeep, in excellent form during the Asia Cup and the West ...