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 ...

If you’re going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. TikTok, and many other platforms, use a “black-box” algorithm — an AI recommendation system that studies what captures ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In our increasingly digital lives, security depends on cryptography. Send a private message or pay a bill online, and you’re relying on ...

AoT enhances AI reasoning by mimicking humanlike thought processes, improving adaptability and efficiency in problem-solving. The algorithm of thoughts (AoT) is a groundbreaking approach in artificial ...

Eko Health, which has developed digital stethoscopes that use AI to detect different heart conditions, received clearance for an algorithm that can spot when hearts are pumping less than they should.

Despite how impressive AI like ChatGPT, Claude, and even Gemini might be, these large language models all have one big problem in common: they hallucinate a lot. This is a big problem in the AI world, ...

Back in the hazy olden days of the pre-2000s, navigating between two locations generally required someone to whip out a paper map and painstakingly figure out the most optimal route between those ...

T. Christian Miller, a reporter at ProPublica, explains how EviCore’s tool is manipulated to increase denials and cut costs. Some of the biggest health insurers in the country are turning to an ...

Amsterdam’s struggles with its welfare fraud algorithm show us the stakes of deploying AI in situations that directly affect human lives. What Amsterdam’s welfare fraud algorithm taught me about fair ...

According to Mercer's 2024 AI in Investment Management global manager survey, 91% of asset managers either currently use AI (54%) or plan to use it within their investment strategy or asset-class ...