In the race to curb the deleterious ramifications of artificial intelligence (AI), governments across the globe are taking stark measures to rein in potential abuses. This comes as President Joe Biden ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

If you're seeing the same types of stories repeatedly on your social media feeds, you're not alone, and it's due to something called an "algorithm.""It's a series of steps that a computer follows in ...

We’re entering an era in which the way software interacts with the world is so hidden and complex that researchers need to start studying algorithms the way we study animals. That’s according to MIT ...

The increasing use of algorithms to optimize pricing strategies has drawn the attention of competition authorities on both sides of the Atlantic, who fear the technology can facilitate price fixing ...

When we go online these days, we know we’re not alone: The internet is looking back at us. Our clicks give us the information and products we ask for, but at the same time they provide information ...

Algorithms have taken a lot of heat recently for producing biased decisions. For example, people were outraged over an Amazon.com recruiting algorithm that overlooked female applicants. Should we be ...

4 ideas for understanding and managing the power of algorithms on social media Your email has been sent What if tech companies had to release data about how algorithms work and software engineers had ...