Late last year, the Justice Department joined the growing list of agencies to discover that algorithms don’t heed good intentions. An algorithm known as PATTERN placed tens of thousands of federal ...

Without delving into the particulars of what can make an algorithm right or wrong, which may be partial to a setting or geography, we call on the technology and business communities to evaluate the ...

Machines don’t necessarily fix our biases — they mirror them. If we’re not careful, they can further entrench existing disparities.

Melvin the computer algorithm promises to change the way scientists think about quantum experiments.

Researchers from Stanford and Cornell Universities have developed an algorithm that only needs to observe five to ten online posts to predict whether a member of an online community needs banning. The ...

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Most people don't use the word algorithm every day. Many think it refers to lines of code or the latest Diplo beat. Yet, algorithms are ubiquitous and there is an increasing urgency of action ...

There are three key reasons why predictive algorithms can make big mistakes. 1. The Wrong Data An algorithm can only make accurate predictions if you train it using the right type of data.

In the battle for the cloud, Google wants to make its AI offering as easy as drag and drop. Today (Jan. 17), the company announced Cloud AutoML, a cloud service that allows average folks like you ...