Alphabet Inc.’s DeepMind unit today detailed AlphaTensor, an artificial intelligence system capable of discovering new algorithms that can be used to solve mathematical problems. DeepMind ...

For better accountability, we should shift the focus from the design of these systems to their impact. Describing a decision-making system as an “algorithm” is often a way to deflect ...

Equity is an elusive goal for algorithms for reasons that have more to do with mathematical impossibilities than backward ideologies.

Online pricing algorithms can game the system and ultimately end up costing the consumer more. And the impact of these program can go beyond just a few extra dollars at checkout.

I’ve become so used to relying on some of the most common algorithms that certain aspects of my life are just routinely done “by algorithm”, without me really noticing.

Algorithms Were Supposed to Fix the Bail System. They Haven't A nonprofit group encouraged states to use mathematical formulas to try to eliminate racial inequities.