These are math’s most famous open questions. Solve one, and you’ll win a $1-million prize—but it’s only happened once since ...

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

Silicon Valley’s pursuit of human-level AI remains elusive, but its power to reshape society is already here.

Every day, we prepare for the future, either mentally or by taking direct action. We plan our careers, save for retirement, ...

In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use ...

Data science and machine learning algorithms can help us form probabilistic forecasts of things like sporting events.

Researchers have developed a method to reduce uncertainty in artificial intelligence (AI) systems by tapping into the power of quantum computers. They say their work represents the first demonstration ...

A dual-income couple in their mid-50s with just under $1.5 million across retirement and brokerage accounts should, on paper, be set. Their brokerage’s planning tool has told them so for eight years ...

We examine how AI is changing the future of work — and how, in many ways, that future is already here. While the age of sentient robot assistants isn't quite here yet, AI is fast making a bid to be ...

It’s a weird time to be studying computer science. Recent grads have a higher unemployment rate than those in just about every other major—yes, even philosophy. The internet is littered with rants ...

We’d all like to be innovative, but few people have creativity switches they can turn on at will. (I definitely don’t.) We’re a lot better at convergent thinking, using knowledge and experience to ...

A generous influx of state resources from Gov. Kathy Hochul and a new tax on luxury second homes will help Mayor Zohran Mamdani balance a $125 billion budget. By Sally Goldenberg Dana Rubinstein and ...