OpenAI has released GPT-5.2, which aims to be ChatGPT's "most capable model series yet for professional knowledge work." ...

In this guide, I gather tips on what you can do and how to get better results.

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.

How can we stay happy in an age gone mad? It often feels as though all is unstable at the moment. Uncertainty dominates the economy. Our politics and planet are a mess. Scientific experts and ...

OpenAI's Atlas browser is here for Mac users, with Agent mode. Agent navigates sites, fills carts, and performs real-world task. My quick shopping test shows a lot of potential - and small hurdles.

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 ...

"Quantum algorithms tell the quantum computer how to solve problems in the most efficient manner, analogous to software developments in classical computing," Xiao Mi, a Google Quantum AI research ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Most Americans express confidence in their ability to do various practical tasks, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. The survey asked Americans if they felt they could do each of 12 ...

Microsoft is adding free AI-powered text writing capabilities to Notepad for customers with Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11. Currently, this change is being rolled out to Windows 11 Insiders in the ...

No one knows you more than an algorithm. Your best friend may not know that you enjoy watching videos of people knitting or power washing a sidewalk. But the algorithms of TikTok and Instagram do.

You don't need to be a tech expert to notice when something's wrong with your computer. Strange pop-ups, sluggish performance, or even your webcam working on its own might seem odd, but they could be ...