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In this introspective video essay, we explore the realities of modern content creation and the influence of the YouTube algorithm. From analytics-driven decision-making to the struggle between ...

The New York Times reviewed these clips, along with more than 1,000 other videos recommended to young children on YouTube, and found that the algorithm pushes bizarre, often nonsensical, ...

As price-setting by computer algorithm becomes increasingly prevalent, states are stepping in to address transparency and fairness concerns that federal legislation has yet to comprehensively tackle.

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The Willow processor runs the first verifiable algorithm with real-world applications, marking shift from theory to practical quantum computing. Google Quantum AI has demonstrated what it describes as ...

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. A quantum computer at ...

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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 ...