Silicon Valley Wants to Build A.I. That Can Improve A.I. on Its Own

Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to ...

Fifa considers introducing host of new rules ahead of World Cup with microchip in ball set to be confirmed

WORLD Cup ball technology is set to be used to ensure corners are not wrongly awarded this summer. Law makers on the ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Strategies Used by Public Relations and Communications Executives to Implement Ethical Use Standards for AI ()

Public relations and communications executives’ (PR&C) ineffective artificial intelligence (AI) strategies to develop and apply ethical frameworks for AI implementation can negatively impact ...
TechCrunch

OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo?

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...
JD Supra

Pricing Algorithms - Price Tags and Personal and Competitor Data: States Step Up Algorithmic Pricing Regulation

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.
Bleeping Computer

Tor switches to new Counter Galois Onion relay encryption algorithm

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.
BGR

Google Revealed A Futuristic Quantum Algorithm Faster Than Supercomputers

Google claims to have developed a quantum computer algorithm that is 13,000 times faster than the most powerful supercomputers. This would bring the technology another step closer to real-world ...
Live Science

Quantum computing will make cryptography obsolete. But computer scientists are working to make them unhackable.

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ahead of the problem and keep our data secure. When you purchase through ...
STAT

Blue Cross plans to target doctors for overcharging. Physicians are furious

With the help of a computer algorithm, Massachusetts’ biggest health insurer says it will scrutinize doctors who frequently bill it for the most expensive patient visits. It will then unilaterally cut ...
Reuters

Google says it has developed landmark quantum computing algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use ...