Algorithms were supposed to make our lives easier and fairer: help us find the best job applicants, help judges impartially assess the risks of bail and bond decisions, and ensure that health care is ...

The TikTok algorithm could be split, claims a report, with a US-only version used for the hugely popular app to try to avoid a ban. Developer Bytedance has tweeted that the report is not accurate, but ...

As the US Government inches alarmingly close to a nationwide TikTok ban, the social media app denies that it’s trying to pander to lawmakers by creating a US-only algorithm independent of its Chinese ...

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TikTok has secured its future by agreeing to split the US app from the global business. But the deal will spark changes to the app's algorithm. TikTok has dodged a ban and secured its long-term future ...

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Three books explore the promise and peril of artificial intelligence. A metronome ticks. A record spins. And as a feel-good pop track plays, a giant compactor slowly crushes a Jenga tower of material ...

New research shows that people recognize more of their biases in algorithms' decisions than they do in their own -- even when those decisions are the same. Algorithms were supposed to make our lives ...