But because this is not always done reliably, some algorithms access other information, too—for example, specific product descriptions and customer data, including age, gender and location.

To clear things up, I drew you this flowchart on the back of an envelope so you can work out whether something is using AI or not. This originally appeared in our AI newsletter The Algorithm.

Algorithms Are Great and All, But They Can Also Ruin Lives A single human showing explicit bias can only ever affect a finite number of people.

As repeatedly promised by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Twitter has opened a portion of its source code to public inspection, including the algorithm it uses to recommend tweets in users’ timelines. On ...

Left to Their Own Devices, Pricing Algorithms Resort to Collusion Two sample algorithms reached the same conclusion naturally: They should collude.

The law is unclear on the legality of biased algorithms, and even algorithms researchers don’t precisely understand what it means for an algorithm to discriminate. Is bias baked in?

A coalition of human rights groups have today launched legal action against the French government over its use of algorithms to detect miscalculated welfare payments, alleging they discriminate ...