The rise of high-speed internet in the early 2000s transformed the global labor market for high-skilled labor. As email, instant messaging, and voice over internet calling (e.g., Skype) became ...

Not all companies audit their algorithms to ensure fairness and accuracy, but a growing number of experts say they should. Fully-automated job-matching site tilr, relies on several algorithms to ...

Machine learning and deep learning have been widely embraced, and even more widely misunderstood. In this article, I’ll step back and explain both machine learning and deep learning in basic terms, ...

Stanford found itself in hot water last week after deploying a faulty Covid-19 vaccine distribution algorithm. But the fiasco offers a cautionary tale that extends far beyond Stanford’s own doors — ...

Artificial intelligence has given us algorithms capable of recognizing faces, diagnosing disease, and of course, crushing computer games. But even the smartest algorithms can sometimes behave in ...

Risk prediction has permeated many aspects of modern life, including health care. Algorithms developed using advanced statistical methods have been used to identify hospitalized adults at risk of ...

That question in the headline was the challenge posed by a group of open knowledge junkies in Germany who wanted to understand how a person’s Schufa was calculated. Schufa is a credit bureau that ...