The quality of debate on social media has deteriorated to the point that it risks undermining democracy in Finland, according to a new report by Finnish think tank Sitra. The study argues that social ...

Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you ...

According to Mercer's 2024 AI in Investment Management global manager survey, 91% of asset managers either currently use AI (54%) or plan to use it within their investment strategy or asset-class ...

The National Bureau of Economic Research has published a new working paper by economists Ali Shourideh (Carnegie Mellon ...

AI systems that try to influence your purchases can also be used to infer what you fear, what you trust and which stories you are likely to believe.

Two lines of thinking about societal divisions were embodied in many respondents’ answers. First, they predicted that an algorithm-assisted future will widen the gap between the digitally savvy, who ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. There’s a new beat in town: algorithms. From formulas that determine what you see on social media to equations that dictate ...

Tom Simonite covers artificial intelligence for WIRED. But Idemia’s algorithms don’t always see all faces equally clearly. July test results from the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...

Most people don't use the word algorithm every day. Many think it refers to lines of code or the latest Diplo beat. Yet, algorithms are ubiquitous and there is an increasing urgency of action around ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. At the core of this digital economy lie a new generation of electronic ...

A quantum computer is a machine designed to use quantum mechanics to do things which cannot be done by any machine based only on the laws of classical physics. Eventual applications of quantum ...

When quantum computers become powerful enough, they could theoretically crack the encryption algorithms that keep us safe. The race is on to find new ones. Tech Review Explains: Let our writers ...