Imagine trying to design a key for a lock that is constantly changing its shape. That is the exact challenge we face in ...

In a small lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, clusters of mouse brain cells have taken on a task normally reserved for computer algorithms: ...

A paper written by University of Florida Computer & Information Science & Engineering, or CISE, Professor Sumit Kumar Jha, Ph ...

As universities increasingly adopt digital tools and automated analytics systems, attention often centers on these tools' ...

Photonics is promising to handle extensive vector multiplications in AI applications. Scientists in China have promoted a programmable and reconfigurable photonic linear vector machine named SUANPAN, ...

New research by scientists at the University of Liverpool looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) can help doctors make better choices when prescribing antibiotics for urinary tract infection (UTI), ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

New Yorkers got a little more visibility this week into when apps like Uber and DoorDash use algorithms to set prices. The state's Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act took effect on Monday. Under the ...

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Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...