X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the ...
Nature

Convolutional Codes and Decoding Algorithms

Convolutional codes represent a cornerstone in modern communications, offering a method for continuously encoding data streams to mitigate errors due to interference and noise. These codes operate by ...
MIT Technology Review

Google DeepMind’s game-playing AI just found another way to make code faster

The AI-generated algorithms are already being used by millions of developers. DeepMind’s run of discoveries in fundamental computer science continues. Last year the company used a version of its ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

Interviewing the algorithm: How reporting and reverse engineering could build a beat to understand the code that influences us

Often, when there’s talk about algorithms and journalism, the focus is on how to use algorithms to help publishers share content better and make more money. There’s the unending debate, for example, ...
Futurism

New Algorithm Generates Synthetic Human Genetic Code

We’ve seen AI algorithms create mostly-believable pictures of people’s headshots, works of art, news articles, and even pokémon. But now a team of scientists is taking things a step further, with an ...