A new study shows that X’s ‘For you’ algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes traditional media, shifting users’ opinions to the right.

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 ...

Today we're looking at HyperLogLog, an algorithm that leverages random chance to count the number of distinct items are in a ...

Practical Application: The authors propose QFI-Informed Mutation (QIm), a heuristic that adapts mutation probabilities using diagonal QFI entries. QIm outperforms uniform and random-restart baselines, ...

Quantum computers—devices that process information using quantum mechanical effects—have long been expected to outperform classical systems on certain tasks. Over the past few decades, researchers ...

A new study suggests that lenders may get their strongest overall read on credit default risk by combining several machine learning models rather than relying on a single algorithm. The researchers ...

Feed algorithms are not politically neutral. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature, using the ...

No algorithm, no endless playlists, no podcasts on demand. Just a handful of albums, wired headphones and a lot of silence ...

A landmark Nature study of nearly 5,000 X users found that the platform's algorithmic feed measurably shifts political opinions rightward — and switching back to the chronological feed doesn't reverse ...

Bumble Inc. unveiled a new artificial intelligence-powered assistant designed to act as a personal matchmaker, the company’s latest effort to reinvigorate itself at a time when many users have shown ...

Like many young, urban professionals, we run on coffee. We especially enjoy frequenting independently owned cafes that pride themselves on ethically sourced beverages, strong local ties and a hip ...