Spin glasses are a type of disordered magnetic material where the magnetic moments, or "spins," of the atoms are frozen in a random arrangement. Unlike regular magnets, where spins align uniformly, spin glasses exhibit a complex landscape of interactions, leading to frustration and competing energy states. This results in a system that does not settle into a single stable configuration. These materials are important in the study of statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics because they help researchers understand how disorder affects phase transitions and critical phenomena. Spin glasses also have applications in neural networks and optimization problems, where similar principles of disorder and competition arise.