Our daily lives are run by algorithms. Whether we’re shopping online, deciding what to watch, booking a flight, or just trying to get across town, artificial intelligence is involved. It’s safe to say ...

Twitter announced a new plan to study the fairness of its algorithms. As part of the effort, which the company has dubbed the "Responsible Machine learning Initiative," data scientists and engineers ...

ALAN MISLOVE studies algorithms. Recently, his research at Northeastern University, in Boston, has shown that Facebook’s software was leaking users’ phone numbers to advertisers. He has also found new ...

While reality may have a liberal bias, Twitter does not. A Twitter study and accompanying blog post, published Thursday, show that the company's algorithm tends to favor right-leaning news outlets and ...

Researchers from Brigham Young University, Johns Hopkins and Harvard have created an algorithm that can predict suicidal thoughts and behavior among adolescents with 91% accuracy. The researchers ...

Predictive algorithms commonly used by colleges and universities to determine whether students will be successful may be racially biased against Black and Hispanic students, according to new research ...

A study of 4 million job applications screened by a hiring algorithm found evidence of "clear racial disparities" in applicant outcomes, with 26% of applications submitted by Black applicants and 15% ...