A Spanish foundation using an artificial-intelligence tool to screen grant applications says it makes the peer-review process ...

So, an algorithm is the process a computer uses to transform input data into output data. A simple concept, and yet every piece of technology that you touch involves many algorithms.

A few years ago I used an algorithm to help me write a science fiction story. Adam Hammond, an English professor, and Julian Brooke, a computer scientist, had created a program called SciFiQ, and ...

If this kind of writing can be done by a machine that doesn’t have a single thought in its head, what does that tell us about what we’ve been asking of students.

When Christopher Steiner, the 35-year-old cofounder of Aisle50, a Y Combinator startup offering online grocery deals, set out to write the book Automate This: How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World ...

YouTube explains how its Shorts algorithm recommends quality videos viewers want, not those aimed at exploiting the system.

Algorithms are now used throughout the public and private sectors, informing decisions on everything from education and employment to criminal justice. But despite the potential for efficiency ...

Could your next editor be a machine? Today, dozens of companies offer writing-critique services online, with programs that offer to catch your errors, tweak your use of passive voice, and improve ...