Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

Google’s TurboQuant has the internet joking about Pied Piper from HBO's "Silicon Valley." The compression algorithm promises ...

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Google Research recently revealed TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces the memory footprint of large language ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...
Forbes

The Rhythm Behind The Algorithm: Why Women Belong At The Center Of AI Leadership

I spend my days working at the intersection of medicine, leadership and emerging technology. And I’m watching as AI systems now influence who gets hired, who receives medical care, who secures credit ...
IEEE

Two Dimensions Simplex Evolution Algorithm

Abstract: Under the basic frame of evolution computations (EA) and the kernel idea of Nelder-Mead simplex method, a novel evolution algorithm (EA), namely the two dimensions simplex EA (2D-simplexEA), ...
Wired

Thousands of Companies Are Driving China’s AI Boom. A Government Registry Tracks Them All

The country’s top internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), requires that any company launching an AI tool with “public opinion properties or social mobilization capabilities" ...
The New York Times

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

new video loaded: I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain transcript “Our brains are being melted by the algorithm.” [MUSIC PLAYING] “Attention is infrastructure.” “Those algorithms are ...
Quanta Magazine

The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

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 ...
NextBigFuture

New Sorting Algorithm Breakthrough is Better than Dijkstra

There is a new sorting algorithm a deterministic O(m log2/3 n)-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition ...
Scientific American

The Math Trick Hidden in Your Credit Card Number

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...