Twitter patents and other publications reveal likely aspects of how tweets become promoted in the timeline feeds of users. Some of Twitter’s timeline ranking factors are very surprising, and adjusting ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Inappropriately factoring race into clinical decisions risks worse care for patients from underrepresented ...

Imagine that a ride-sharing driver receives a request for a pickup, and it’s up to the driver to accept or decline. The ride-sharing company’s algorithm has determined that this is a good ...

AI bots use techniques like strategic self-disclosure and constant availability to create a sense of connection. Users often anthropomorphize these bots, imagining personalities and forming emotional ...

Increasingly – and often by stealth as they work inside your innocent-looking search engine – algorithms have entered not just our computers and working lives. They also govern more and more ...