NEWARK, N.J., Oct. 2 -- New Jersey Institute of Technology issued the following news release:
Count from one up to fifty. Simple, right? Now try that while watching a video about the history of math and listening to a song about multiplication, as ten nearby people shout random numbers.
Not so easy, is it?
When you're surrounded by distractions, focusing on one task can be a challenge - for people and for artificial intelligence. In a type of AI called large language models (LLMs), success or failure at fulfilling a prompt can depend on how well the algorithm filters out irrelevant data while prioritizing useful information and patterns.
Yuan Zhao '26 researches how to analyze decision-making in AI models; his work was presented at two ...