Groundbreaking random number algorithm may be boon for online security By Luke Dormehl Published June 27, 2016 Save Generating a string of random numbers is easy. The hard ...

People's ability to make random choices or mimic a random process, such as coming up with hypothetical results for a series of coin flips, peaks around age 25, according to a study published in ...

The algorithm, called COMPAS, could single out those who would go on to reoffend with roughly the same accuracy for each race. But it guessed wrong about twice as often for black people.

Even if an algorithmic prisoner knows he is in a prison, he may not know who his jailer is. Is he unable to get a loan because of a corrupted file at Experian or Equifax? Or could it be TransUnion?

Much has been written about the rise of algorithmic manipulation of our online experience. As we navigate the web, myriad algorithms silently shape what we see, from the posts in our social feeds ...

Algorithmic Intelligence Has Gotten So Good, It's Easy To Forget It's Artificial Artificial intelligence becomes hard to ignore when it starts taking over tasks that used to require human judgment ...