Anthropic says it has cut 80 percent of the system prompt for Claude Code. Tariq Shihipar, a member of technical staff at Anthropic, describes a fundamental shift in how AI models are steered, tied to ...

VPNs won't stop fraudsters from stealing your bank account—and in some cases, they can make it more difficult to access your money. I’ve been writing about technology since 2012, focusing on privacy.

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

A study conducted by scientists from Carnegie Mellon, Oxford, MIT and UCLA found the technology can affect cognitive function and problem-solving abilities in a relatively short period. “We show that ...

Critics of artificial intelligence caution that, as a relatively new technology, its long-term effects on the human brain are still unknown. But a new study shows that AI could be dangerous even in ...

Using AI chatbots for even just 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, ...

Learn how to solve equations from word problems. A word problem is a real-world simulation of a mathematics principle. We can solve equations from a word problem by first understanding what the ...

Test your logic and problem solving skills with these two tricky puzzles. Only a small percentage of people can solve them quickly without getting stuck. Challenge yourself and see if you are part of ...

Some readers may solve the problem procedurally: line up the two numbers, add the ones column, carry the one, and add the tens to get 43. Others might instead notice a creative shortcut: 29 + 14 is ...