The European Union pushed new legislation for the technology companies in the world, and it will require them to explain their algorithms to many people and corporations. The new law would require ...

In a surprise move, the Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, shared in a blog post how the Instagram algorithm works. In the post, he wants to answer questions like: “How does Instagram decide what shows ...

Increasingly, businesses rely on algorithms that use data provided by users to make decisions that affect people. For example, Amazon, Google, and Facebook use algorithms to tailor what users see, and ...

In October, Amazon had to discontinue an artificial intelligence–powered recruiting tool after it discovered the system was biased against female applicants. In 2016, a ProPublica investigation ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have used machine learning methodology to study how lithium-ion batteries degrade over time. Scientists used ...

Bill Slawski wrote about a Google patent that seems to explain what happened in the poorly named Medic update. Bill said that the scope is wider than just medical sites. The patent may show why some ...

Analytics has evolved from the basics -- visualizations, historicals and dashboards -- to the more complex with recommendations and predictions of outcomes. Now it's time to step it up and get ...