Puzzle Corner

Click here for the September/October 2026 Puzzle Corner, brought to you by Michael S. Branicky, ScD '95, of the Puzzle Corner Puzzle Crew (aka PC), which also includes Edward Faulkner '03, MEng '04, and Abe Kunin '03. This column includes solutions to the May/June issue. Editor emeritus Allan Gottlieb '67 launched Puzzle Corner in 1966. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that's holding back LLMs Will Douglas Heaven The "steroid olympics" were a circus--and a window into our culture Amit Katwala A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that's holding back LLMs Subquadratic has now shared more details about its new model. But some are still skeptical. The "steroid olympics" were a circus--and a window into our culture Dozens of athletes on performance-enhancing drugs competed in the Enhanced Games.