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, ...

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

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 Earth Moment” for AI.

As software and algorithms become an increasingly pervasive part of our lives, there’s growing interest and concern on how they are affecting society, the economy, and politics. Yet, most social ...

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the ...

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 ...

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

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.