People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

Zero-reliance financial automation is a development in which loss of one point does not extend to the other payment network, ...

Social media algorithms driven by AI shape far more than what appears on our screens, including how we think, feel, and ...

Only for three days, though, then it's back to the misery feed Meta has decided to let Threads users make custom tweaks to ...

What makes Vivek Shah's story resonate so deeply is that his commitment to quality and alignment extends far beyond the realm of algorithms. Alongside his demanding role steering Gauge AI, he is the ...

Field-level analysis examines how ranking algorithms shape consumer trust, visibility, and competition in local service ...

AI’s biggest constraint isn’t algorithms anymore. It’s data…specifically, high-quality, forward-looking data. It is the “Rare ...

In Olympia, Aaron Ping turns grief into activism, supporting legislative efforts to safeguard minors from addictive social ...

Bipartisan Ohio lawmakers are reviving an effort to regulate pricing algorithms, software that often uses artificial ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Yet another Dutch government department has become embroiled in a row over the use of algorithms – this time the unit which assesses whether prisoners are likely to re-offend. On Thursday, justice ...