Ranks of Disparity: New approach fixes flaw in fairness algorithms

As organizations increasingly rely on algorithms to rank candidates for jobs, university spots, and financial services, a new ...

Physicists discover how reverse to 'quantum scrambling'

Quantum computers stand to revolutionize research by helping investigators solve certain problems exponentially faster than with conventional computers. Current quantum computers encounter a challenge ...

AI Helped Spark a Quantum Breakthrough. The World 'Is Not Prepared'

New research suggests quantum computers capable of breaking internet encryption may arrive sooner than expected—with AI ...

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most ...
STAT

This series, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting, highlights the dangers of AI use in medicine

Casey Ross and Bob Herman’s reporting exposes how UnitedHealth Group used an unregulated algorithm to override clinicians’ judgment and deny care to seriously ill older and disabled patients. The ...
Quanta Magazine

The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived

Those changes will be contested, in math as in other academic disciplines wrestling with AI’s impact. As AI models become a ...