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With the Trump administration’s attacks on so-called woke AI it is becoming even harder to make the technology we use fairer and more diverse. Leading voices are speaking out, reports Catherine de Lan ...

Behavior rarely fails because people don’t care. It fails because the system quietly makes the right behavior too hard to ...

In an environment in which information is abundant but understanding is scarce, some books stand out because they fundamentally change the way we think about society, technology, history, and human ...

A new AI framework called THOR is transforming how scientists calculate the behavior of atoms inside materials. Instead of relying on slow simulations that take weeks of supercomputer time, the system ...

In most boardrooms, the final decision still comes down to a small circle of leaders weighing a narrow set of choices. Yet the problems they face now contain thousands, sometimes millions, of possible ...

In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), perception is no longer just social currency, but it is algorithmic capital, writes Aparna Kumar ...

What are algorithmic anchors? Know how these mathematical systems adjust token supply to provide stability and reduce volatility in the crypto market.

The speed at which artificial intelligence is gaining in mathematical ability has taken many by surprise. It is rewriting what it means to be a mathematician ...

Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be ...

Every day, algorithms make consequential decisions about millions of people's lives—who gets approved for a mortgage, who is called back for a job interview, who receives priority care in a hospital ...

The mountains’ resort towns have reached an inflection point, facing changes that threaten their cultures and even survival, as demand for short-term rentals reshapes the landscape. By Sophie Stuber ...