A mother shares how AI algorithms fed her friend's son suicide content, leading to his death, and warns of new AI dangers.

Social media is where teenagers spend most of their time, either scrolling and sharing, or sometimes falling into the traps ...

Recent studies show some systems recommend different treatments for identical patients based only on demographic labels, a ...

Algorithms are growing ever stronger. They measure and project mirrors of a pattern that once looked like someone adjacent to ...

Streaming platforms promise to learn what viewers love and serve it back to them, but a growing body of peer-reviewed ...

Many companies are searching for tools to help them hire diverse, productive workforces. Even if diversity is not the main hiring goal, they may want to ensure they’re not overlooking talented ...

As organizations increasingly rely on algorithms to rank candidates for jobs, university spots, and financial services, a new ...

For decades, businesses have operated online, generally assuming that there’s always a human on the other side of the screen.

A quantum computer is a machine designed to use quantum mechanics to do things which cannot be done by any machine based only on the laws of classical physics. Eventual applications of quantum ...

Dating app Tinder relies on algorithms to decide which photos users see. Mike Blake/Reuters This piece isn’t about these issues, or about breaking down the complex nature of how algorithms work. To ...