Two researchers have improved a well-known technique for lattice basis reduction, opening up new avenues for practical experiments in cryptography and mathematics.

Topline Amazon, the behemoth online retailer, used a secret algorithm called “Project Nessie” to determine how much to raise prices in a manner in which competitors would follow, according to ...

What does it mean for an algorithm to be “fair”? Amsterdam’s struggles with its welfare fraud algorithm show us the stakes of deploying AI in situations that directly affect human lives.

For example, the three eight-digit numbers 25,041,903, 47,395,929 and 10,101,010 could have been generated by a random-number generator—even if they do not all appear to be equally random.

Experts debate the ethics of LinkedIn’s algorithm experiments on 20M users LinkedIn relied on its user agreement to gain consent to research millions of users.

Facebook-parent Meta is the subject of four new complaints from human rights groups in Europe alleging that the algorithm it uses to target users with companies' job advertisements is ...

The Justice Department created an algorithm to measure a person's risk of committing a new crime after leaving prison. But even after multiple tweaks, the tool is leading to racial disparities.