The truth is that most AI systems today are amoral. They maximize whatever objective we give them while outsourcing ethics to ...

This all sounds ludicrous until we realize that our algorithms are increasingly being made in our own image. As we’ve learned more about our own brains, we’ve enlisted that knowledge to create ...

Facebook’s algorithm 1 is its superpower — and its kryptonite. Yes, it leads to higher engagement that earns the company billions of dollars, but it’s also tied to some of the company’s biggest ...

Instead of Draining the Swamp, Trump Starts Renaming It After Himself Trump Says He’ll Meet with Insurance Companies Amid Affordability Push Dispelling Polyamory and Other Delusions — The Newest Issue ...

A recent, yet to be proven paper claiming to have found a way to "destroy the RSA cryptosystem" has cryptographers asking what might replace it. What if a big crack appeared overnight in the ...

Scientists say they aren't surprised, but climate change in the Northern Arctic is happening so quickly it's forcing NOAA and others to rewrite a data-correcting algorithm. Climatology sites are very ...

Online businesses have been left considering layoffs after Google’s massive upgrade in March and April caused catastrophic drops in traffic. Google made major changes to its search algorithm and spam ...

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The Internet is officially less safe. It happened when the Shell Hashing Algorithm-1 (SHA-1) was hacked, as Google recently announced. SHA-1 is a 20-year-old cryptographic approach that's long been ...