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 ...

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with ...

P vs. NP asks: are these two classes actually the same? If P = NP, then every “hard” problem is secretly fast to solve; we ...

Know how to get the most out of your predictive tools. by Michael Luca, Jon Kleinberg and Sendhil Mullainathan Most managers’ jobs involve making predictions. When HR specialists decide whom to hire, ...

An 80-year-old challenge in geometry has been cracked by an artificial-intelligence chatbot after a single prompt from mathematicians at the technology firm OpenAI. The company, based in San Francisco ...

Jason Fernando is a professional investor and writer who enjoys tackling and communicating complex business and financial problems. Khadija Khartit is a strategy, investment, and funding expert, and ...

How good is your company at problem solving? Probably quite good, if your managers are like those at the companies I’ve studied. What they struggle with, it turns out, is not solving problems but ...

Machine learning is the ability of a machine to improve its performance based on previous results. Machine learning methods enable computers to learn without being explicitly programmed and have ...

Do you have what it takes to be the next Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes? These detective riddles will put your skills to the test. It’s time to put on your thinking cap (or your deerstalker) and ...

Thomas J Catalano is a CFP and Registered Investment Adviser with the state of South Carolina, where he launched his own financial advisory firm in 2018. Thomas' experience gives him expertise in a ...