Communication-system designers have always had to deal with trade-offs among data reliability, efficient use of available spectrum, data throughput, and cost. Error-correction coding (ECC) is one of ...

St. Helena is shaping up its rules governing zoning by identifying and addressing problems in the current code adopted in Oct. 2023. The code update streamlined and clarified the city review process, ...

Creative inventions and ideas that show next-level thinking. Terror charge filed in Jan. 6 case I asked 3 restaurant pros to name the most annoying thing diners do ...

For years, the AI community has worked to make systems not just more capable, but more aligned with human values. Researchers have developed training methods to ensure models follow instructions, ...

Artificial intelligence models that are trained to behave badly on a narrow task may generalize this behavior across unrelated tasks, such as offering malicious advice, suggests a new study. The ...

Name, image and likeness (NIL) deals have flooded college sports with hundreds of millions of dollars — but universities and team general managers have been operating with little formal oversight, ...

Jonathan Kwan (@migrationethics) is the Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow in Immigration Ethics with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. What term should we use to ...

The number of complaints received by healthcare organisations from patients and families is on an upward trajectory.1 For example, in 2023–2024, the NHS in England received 241 922 complaints,2 an ...