Californians finally get a guide to deciphering state’s school data dashboard

After becoming governor the second time in 2011, Jerry Brown proposed a major overhaul of how California finances public education. The 1978 passage

Escaping the Odds and a Formula for Life | Farhad Ghayour

The key to understanding “Dynamic Programming” is that it’s not referring to “computer programming” – Vidar's Blog

the captcha paradox - talkingrobot.com

Prove You’re Human, Stupid The very companies building the most advanced AIs are also investing heavily in mechanisms—captchas—designed to prevent machines from impersonating humans. Every day, we (humans) increasingly struggle to prove we’re human—while machines have no trouble solving these annoying puzzles. We’ve reached a point where deciphering distorted text, “finding the penguin,” or identifying […]

Cybersecurity Professor Faced China-Funding Inquiry Before Disappearing, Sources Say

A lawyer for Xiaofeng Wang and his wife says they are “safe” after FBI searches of their homes and Wang’s sudden dismissal from Indiana University, where he taught for over 20 years.

Deciphering language processing in the human brain through LLM representations

Tom Stevenson · Beyond Mesopotamia: Linear Elamite Deciphered

Three things are necessary to decipher ancient writing. You need lots of examples of the script. You need a good...

Mysterious script found in Vilnius perplexes archeologists

A mysterious tablet with an unknown 13th-14th-century script is on display at the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania Museum. No one knows what it means or where it came from. LRT TV journalist Virginijus Savukynas reports.