Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

Quantum mechanics is a sub branch of physics that explores how photons, electrons, and other subatomic objects in the universe contain the attributes of both particles and waves, referred to as ...

Google has demonstrated a 13,000 times speedup for the Quantum Echoes algorithm using its Willow quantum chip. The feat is repeatable, according to the company, and it paves the way toward real-world ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Abstract: Tropical geometry has recently found several applications in the analysis of neural networks with piecewise linear activation functions. This article presents a new look at the problem of ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. AI is transforming the job application process, with more ...

Mikel Hernaez receives funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the government of Navarra, the EU Department of Defence, the Carlos III Health Institute and the ...

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 ...

Think about the last time you opened Netflix. Did you scroll through countless options or go with a recommended title? When you log into social media, do you decide what to see, or does an algorithm ...