ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework that enables applications to share data across web browsers, enhancing functionality and security in computing.

The platform's chat filter can also recognize when abbreviations, numbers, or symbols are being used to express profanities.

Perplexity has introduced “Computer,” a new tool that allows users to assign tasks and see them carried out by a system that coordinates multiple agents running various models.

Give the tool a prompt—an image, say, or a brief snippet of text—and it will generate an interactive world for the user to explore. Type in a straightforward request, and the result is a realistic ...

Because of the nation’s diversity, the chipmaker has devised a new strategy for growth that doesn’t rely only on GPUs.

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

Brain–computer interfaces are beginning to truly "understand" Chinese. The INSIDE Institute for NeuroAI, in collaboration with Huashan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, the National Center ...

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages developers still use daily, and what they’re good for. The computer revolution has ...

Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a major shift this year, with adversaries leveraging artificial intelligence to deploy new malware families that integrate large language ...

While GPT-3 can string words together in convincing ways, it has no idea what the words mean. Alas, it is an illusion—a powerful illusion, but still an illusion reminiscent of the Eliza computer ...