The US criminal legal system uses predictive algorithms to try to make the judicial process less biased. But there’s a deeper problem. As a child, you develop a sense of what “fairness” means. It’s a ...

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I was halfway through a master’s in Computer Science when my vision changed. I was working as a data scientist during my summer off from school, and I had friends who said things like “I’m at a local ...

An insight into the way machines make meaning. A few years ago I used an algorithm to help me write a science fiction story. Adam Hammond, an English professor, and Julian Brooke, a computer scientist ...

Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. “The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s ...

AI is the backbone of technologies such as Alexa and Siri-- digital assistants that rely on deep machine learning to do their thing. But for the makers of these products -- and others that rely on AI ...

This post was co-authored by Vinícius Ferraz, Chief Data & AI Officer at ILI.DIGITAL AG. In today's world, algorithms are everywhere—curating our Spotify playlists, suggesting YouTube videos, and even ...

The world of matchmaking won't have to rely on luck, as much as math, thanks to one very accomplished teenager. Yunseo Choi, a senior at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, came up with a ...

Across the United States and Europe, software is making probation decisions and predicting whether teens will commit crime. Opponents want more human oversight. Darnell Gates, on probation in ...

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