President Donald Trump is set to approve a landmark deal this week that will grant a consortium of American investors greater control over TikTok's U.S. operations, a senior White House official told ...

For better accountability, we should shift the focus from the design of these systems to their impact. Describing a decision-making system as an “algorithm” is often a way to deflect accountability ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Artificial intelligence and machine learning ...

Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...