Constance “Connie” Lee Hebb, 72, of Hagerstown, passed away Saturday, November 29, 2025, at Doey’s House. Born March 22, 1953, in Salisbury, MD, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Elmer and ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

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 ...

Dr. Deborah L. Hebb, an obstetrician who delivered more than 5,000 babies, died of ALS Sunday at Gilchrist Center in Towson. The Roland Park resident was 69. Born in Baltimore and raised in Homeland, ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

On a scorching July afternoon in Shanghai, dozens of Chinese students hunch over tablet screens, engrossed in English, math and physics lessons. Algorithms track every keystroke, and the seconds spent ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Patent applications on artificial intelligence and machine learning have soared in recent years, yet legal guidance on the patentability of AI and machine learning algorithms remains scarce. The US ...

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...