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S-M-A-R-T! These researchers used math to crack Wordle

A team of researchers at Binghamton University developed a method to solve Wordle with a 99% success rate by applying information theory. By prioritizing guesses that provide the most information, they reduced the pool of possible words and solved puzzles in fewer guesses.

SourceBinghamton University·JournalNortheast Journal of Complex Systems·TypeComputational simulation/modeling·DateJun 17, 2026
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Could a new law of physics support the idea we’re living in a computer simulation?

A new study explores the simulated universe hypothesis and its implications for science and technology. The second law of infodynamics suggests that information has mass and entropy remains constant or decreases in information systems, supporting the idea that we're living in a simulation.

SourceUniversity of Portsmouth·JournalAIP Advances·TypeComputational simulation/modeling·DateOct 9, 2023

New framework brings accuracy, efficiency to identifying stop words

A research team developed an algorithmic approach to automatically recognize uninformative words, known as stop words, in large collections of text. The framework uses information theory to quantify a word's certainty of being informative, producing improved accuracy and reproducibility across texts.

SourceNorthwestern University·JournalNature Machine Intelligence·DateDec 2, 2019