One computer scientist’s “stunning” proof is the first progress in 50 years on one of the most famous questions in computer ...

How to ID an algorithm. So is Stanford’s “algorithm” an algorithm? That depends how you define the term. While there’s no universally accepted definition, a common one comes from a 1971 ...

Empowering algorithms to make potentially life-changing decisions about citizens still comes with significant risk of unfair discrimination, according to a new report published by the UK's Center ...

The algorithm that decides could be a model David G. Robinson, author of the new book “Voices in the Code,” says input from nonexperts can help create more ethical algorithms. Play ...

AI algorithms take in data, fit them to a mathematical model and put out a prediction, ranging from what songs you might enjoy to how many years someone should spend in jail.

Facebook's advertising algorithm, for example, has repeatedly been criticized for its targeting, after it was found that the AI system disproportionately showed ads about credit cards and loans to ...

The British grading algorithm fit a familiar pattern. Details of these algorithms are rarely made transparent to the public, even to so-called experts.These systems are routinely protected from ...

The algorithm is one of many making decisions about people’s lives in the United States and Europe. Local authorities use so-called predictive algorithms to set police patrols, ...

An Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her. Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again and what ...