Quantum computers promise enormous computational power, but the nature of quantum states makes computation and data ...

At issue was an algorithm called Q* (pronounced “Q-star”), which has allegedly been shown to solve certain grade-school-level math problems that it hasn’t seen before.

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 ...

Algorithms can lead to unfair outcomes because the data sets they rely upon inevitably contain inaccuracies, biases and omissions.

How can we know the biases of a piece of software? By reverse engineering it, of course.

Algorithms have evolved into to powerful engines of financial technology. But they don’t always live up to the hype, as algorithmic models fail to take account of basic societal concerns like ...