CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Every other year, the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling hosts a competition in which computer systems designed by conference participants try to find ...

MIT researchers are turning to human intuition to improve planning algorithms. The International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling holds a competition every other year in search of the ...

Google’s Search tool has seen a number of improvements to its algorithm aimed at fighting specific issues over the years, and the newest tweaks, aimed at finding and shooting down fake news, come ...

Rather than a CEO-slamming sound bite free-for-all, Tuesday’s big tech hearing on algorithms aimed for more of a listening session vibe — and in that sense it mostly succeeded. The hearing centered on ...

Originally designed to drive revenue on social media platforms, recommendation algorithms are now making it easier to promote extreme content. Addressing this problem will require more than a ...

An AliveCor algorithm has identified people with high potassium levels from electrocardiogram (ECG) data. Limited prospective clinical testing suggests pairing the algorithm with AliveCor’s smartphone ...

The U.S. Air Force has started to use algorithms to predict when its aircraft will break, part of an effort to minimize the time and money they consume in the repair shop. The use of predictive ...

China won’t let go of the For You page without a fight China won’t let go of the For You page without a fight “I told them they have until Sept. 15 to make a deal” But this week has seen new concerns ...