The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

1 BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States 2 Department of MicroData Analytics, Dalarna University, Falun, Dalarna, Sweden ...

Last year, fashion publications wrote extensively about the impact of the algorithm on personal style. (Vogue Business included.) In last year’s fashion conversation, ‘the algorithm’ surpassed its ...

The goal of this project is to evaluate and improve Neuroevolution as a machine learning technique in a wide variety of complex environments provided by real-time computer games. To date, we have used ...

Social media platforms are more than just tools for sharing cat videos or keeping up with friends—they're powerful influencers of public opinion. The algorithms that drive these platforms determine ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

This week I interviewed Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, about her Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act. If you don’t know what algorithmic collusion is, it’s time to get educated, ...

Bio-inspired Reinforcement Learning algorithm implemented from scratch and applied to trajectory optimization in a simple 2D racing simulation. Inspired by the NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies ...

Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as “for you,” suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just “for you” but also “about ...

Three new books warn against turning into the person the algorithm thinks you are. Like a lot of Netflix subscribers, I find that my personal feed tends to be hit or miss. Usually more miss. The ...