Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen to. He argues that machine-guided curation... How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by ...

(CN) — Can algorithms improve human decision-making by taking out bias-prone factors like age, race and gender? It’s not a particularly new debate, but it’s one that’s gained renewed attention lately ...

There's no reason to be scared of AI making decisions for you in the future — computers already control your life Imagine you're a hedge-fund manager who's trying to gain an edge. To maximize returns, ...