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Deep dive into Meta's algorithms shows that America's political polarization has no easy fix

The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a series of ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

An Algorithm That’s Easy, but Wrong

Thank you for printing the lively article “A Storied Approach to Operations Research” (Notes from Academe, June 14), about Gene Woolsey of the Colorado School of Mines. ... I was especially struck by ...
InfoWorld

Lamport’s one-time password algorithm (or, don’t talk to complete strangers!)

The Lamport algorithm for generating and applying one-time passwords (OTPs) is a simple solution that provides great value in the right context. Not only can the Lamport OTP scheme provide effective ...
MIT Technology Review

Computer Vision Algorithms Are Still Way Too Easy to Trick

AI image recognition has made some stunning advances, but as new research shows, the systems can still be tripped up by examples that would never fool a person. Labsix, a group of MIT students who ...
Wane

Deep dive into Meta’s algorithms shows that America’s political polarization has no easy fix

WASHINGTON (AP) — The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarization. But a ...