Research – Page 5

Turing Award Goes to A.I. Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton

Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton developed reinforcement learning, a technique vital to chatbots like ChatGPT.

By Cade Metz

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150 Years of Change: How Old Photos, Recaptured, Reveal a Shifting Climate

In the heart of Utah’s Uinta Mountains, a team of scientists is re-creating historical pictures to study how much, and how quickly, ecosystems are changing.

By Kim Beil

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Microsoft Says It Has Created a New State of Matter to Power Quantum Computers

Microsoft’s new “topological qubit” is not based on a solid, liquid or gas. It is another phase of matter that many experts did not think was possible.

By Cade Metz

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Finding Devoted Sports Fans in the Coldest Place on Earth

An innocent question from a friend inspired one reporter to seek out sports buffs in a remote and chilly place: Antarctica.

By Tania Ganguli