Algorithm

Researchers train an AI system to find extraterrestrial life

Machine learning model touted as ideal for finding LGMs on Mars, and beyond

Science27 Sep 2023 | 26

TikTok to let Oracle view source code, algorithm, and content moderation

It's all in the name of national security as Trump-era collab continues in Project Texas

Security23 May 2023 | 11

It's time to reveal all recommendation algorithms – by law if necessary

Column We should know why we see what we see, not be left in the dark

Software13 Apr 2023 | 84

Welcome to open source, Elon. Your Twitter code just got a CVE for shadow ban bug

Plus: Substack shanked by bitter Twitter?

Research07 Apr 2023 | 14

Musk said Twitter would open source its algorithm – then fired the people who could

Opinion Like so many of his promises, it's probably one he can't keep

Software10 Mar 2023 | 157

Uncle Sam wants to strip the IoS out of IoT with light crypto

NIST weighs up algorithms for small devices – and an architecture for massive systems

Security09 Feb 2023 | 12

Watchdog urged to sniff out any collusion, deception in rent-setting algorithms

Things could get real for RealPage real fast

AI + ML02 Nov 2022 | 10

Rent-calculating software biz accused of colluding with 'cartel' of landlords

RealPage's algorithm screwed tenants by inflating costs, it is claimed

Applications25 Oct 2022 | 50

Amazon hit with $1bn claim that secretive Buy Box algorithm screws shoppers

Internet mega-souk thinks allegations are a waste of Prime

Personal Tech20 Oct 2022 | 29

YouTube loves recommending conservative vids regardless of your beliefs

There goes Woke Big Tech again, downplaying traditional liberal views

AI + ML18 Oct 2022 | 121

DeepMind uses matrix math to automate discovery of better matrix math techniques

How Meta, er, meta

AI + ML06 Oct 2022 | 15

Network congestion algorithms have design flaw, says MIT

In the battle between bandwidth, latency, and starvation, we'll always be choosing two

Networks22 Aug 2022 | 22

China's internet regulator details algorithms used by local Big Tech players

Beijing lifts the lid on how Alibaba, Douyin, Tencent, Baidu do business – and censor content

Software15 Aug 2022 | 5

Indian government accuses Uber of jacking up prices for loyal customers

Six ride sharing companies forced into consumer redress scheme

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 4

UK watchdogs ask how they can better regulate algorithms

We have bad news: you probably can't... but good luck anyway

Software29 Apr 2022 | 63

NASA installs a new and improved algorithm to better track near-Earth asteroids

Nearly 20 year-old software used to protect humanity gets an upgrade

Software08 Dec 2021 | 15

Turns out there is something everyone may agree on in Congress: Let netizens use mostly algorithm-lite apps

Dems, Repubs in House, Senate unite for Filter Bubble Transparency Act

AI + ML10 Nov 2021 | 13

Twitter's machine learning algorithms amplify tweets from right-wing politicians over those on the left

Engineers and researchers don't know why

AI + ML25 Oct 2021 | 66

China demands internet companies create governance system for algorithms

Beijing will oversee their efforts and how their algos work, to stop code messing up society

Software30 Sep 2021 | 12

Twitter's AI image-crop algo is biased towards people who look younger, skinnier, and whiter, bounty challenge at DEF CON reveals

Updated Oh, it's also more likely to leave people in wheelchairs out of the picture

AI + ML11 Aug 2021 | 17

Facebook gardening group triumphs over slapdash Zuck censorbots

Giant news org megaphone persuades dim algos they're talking about the other sort of hoes

Bootnotes22 Jul 2021 | 38

YouTube's recommendation engine is pretty naff, Mozilla study finds

It even pushes videos that break the site's own content policies

AI + ML08 Jul 2021 | 53

Boffins say they've improved on algorithm for dynamic load balancing of server workloads

Not too soon, either. Levels of internet traffic seen in 2017 will have tripled by 2022

Systems07 Jul 2021 | 8

Algorithm used to predict sepsis in hundreds of US hospitals isn’t as good as maker claims — study

Developer hits back at researchers’ ‘hypothetical approach’

AI + ML23 Jun 2021 | 18

DoorDash delivery drivers try to manipulate the food biz's payment algorithm to earn a living wage in gig economy

The trick is to get buddies to decline low-paying jobs and check old code

Personal Tech07 Apr 2021 | 32

AI recommendations fail fans who like hard rock and hip hop – official science

Welcome to the new bland

AI + ML31 Mar 2021 | 42

Study: AI designed to detect diabetic eye disease blinks in the real world, makes more work for doctors

Some software errs on the side of caution too often, it is claimed

AI + ML12 Jan 2021 | 24

Uni revealed it killed off its PhD-applicant screening AI – just as its inventors gave a lecture about the tech

Fears of bias put compsci dept into damage-limitation mode after years of using it to analyze applications

AI + ML08 Dec 2020 | 21

Bio-boffins devise potentially fast COVID-19 virus test kit out of a silicon wafer and machine-learning code

These algorithms identify different types of viruses, we're told

AI + ML13 Nov 2020 | 9

You've think you've heard it all about automation in technology? Get a load of this robot that plugs in cables

Video You wanted an android butler? Well, first it's gotta learn to hold a wire, then we can talk about folding sheets

Science14 Jul 2020 | 19

When the chips are down, thank goodness for software engineers: AI algorithms 'outpace Moore's law'

ML eggheads, devs get more bang for their buck, say OpenAI duo

AI + ML06 May 2020 | 5

Time to brush up on current affairs. Because we're predicting Li-ion batt lifetimes using impedance and AI

Well, when we say we, we mean... we read a paper some others wrote

AI + ML07 Apr 2020 | 20

Talk about high tech: Tens of thousands of Cali marijuana convictions to go up in smoke, thanks to algorithms

Now that's toke'n ring networking: Code of America happy to pass around its tools to scrub cases under US state law

Science14 Feb 2020 | 17

Is your computer doctor secretly a racist? Two US senators want to find out the truth

Garbage in, garbage out

AI + ML04 Dec 2019 | 46

Apple's credit card caper probed over sexism claims – after women screwed over on limits

Blame the algorithms: It's the new 'dog ate my homework'

Personal Tech11 Nov 2019 | 75

Ahem, ahem... AI engine said to be good as human docs at spotting lung cancer developing

New convolutional neural network did just as well as radiologists in clinical settings

AI + ML21 May 2019 | 23

Have you always wanted an algorithm that can search like Bing? Well, if you change your mind, one's on GitHub now

Make your app answer all the easy questions, like, 'Where can I download Chrome?'

Software15 May 2019 | 15

Take my bits awaaaay: DARPA wants to develop AI fighter program to augment human pilots

I feel the need, the need for a general adversarial network

AI + ML09 May 2019 | 61

Uncle Sam wants to tackle bias in algorithms by ordering tech corps to explain how their machines really work

New bill grants the FTC powers to investigate companies

AI + ML10 Apr 2019 | 36

The algorithms! They're manipulating all of us! reckon human rights bods Council of Europe

Countries urged to consider regulating subliminal tech evil

Legal15 Feb 2019 | 31

Er, good luck: UK.gov's data ethics centre has £2.5m to review biased algos, microtargeting

Chairman tells MPs its budget may need revising upwards in future

Legal05 Feb 2019 | 1

UK.gov asks: Are sadistic AI price-bots ganging up on you?

Come with me if you want to be ripped off

Legal12 Oct 2018 | 18

Fuzzy logic makes a comeback – in picking where Earth sticks its probes into alien worlds

NASA mapping data educates computers for safe landings

AI + ML27 Sep 2018 | 9

UK cops run machine learning trials on live police operations. Unregulated. What could go wrong? – report

RUSI: How about some codes of practice, transparency, for starters?

Science21 Sep 2018 | 34

MPs' proposal to cash in on public-private algos given a solid 'maybe'

UK.gov pats self on back in response to MPs' report on data-driven decision-making

Legal11 Sep 2018 | 21

UK.gov's use of black box algorithms to decide stuff needs watching

PS: Don't forget to try to cash in on public data – MPs

Legal23 May 2018 | 25

Govts should police... Google's algorithms, says News Corp chief

Is this how you tame the beast, though?

Legal14 May 2018 | 20

Uber's disturbing fatal self-driving car crash, a new common sense challenge for AI, and Facebook's evil algorithms

Roundup Are we doomed?

AI + ML24 Mar 2018 | 136

Despite the headlines, Rudd's online terror takedown tool is only part of the solution

Analysis UK.gov schtum on false positives, appeals process and long-term impact

Legal14 Feb 2018 | 41

Info Commish tells UK.gov we shouldn't let artificial ignorance make all our decisions

Reckons GDPR will help us challenge algo-driven outcomes

AI + ML23 Jan 2018 | 16

US politicos wake up to danger of black-box algorithms shaping all corners of American life

Transparency needed, from privacy to net neutrality

Devops02 Dec 2017 | 35

Transparent algorithms? Here's why that's a bad idea, Google tells MPs

Look, people use microwaves and cars, and they effectively operate as black boxes

Legal07 Nov 2017 | 54

New work: Algorithms to give self-driving cars 'impulsive' human 'ethics'

RoTM It's just preliminary research, don't freak out

AI + ML05 Jul 2017 | 91

Europe seeks company to monitor Google's algorithm in €10m deal

Follows €2.4bn mega fine

Legal30 Jun 2017 | 13

Oxford profs tell Twitter, Facebook to take action against political bots

It's just the future of democracy at stake, no biggie

Legal20 Jun 2017 | 43

Google's news algorithm serves up penis pills

This story has: Maths, Google, 'fake' pharma, explicit screenshots...

Security12 Jun 2017 | 26