Researchers demonstrate that misleading text in the real-world environment can hijack the decision-making of embodied AI systems without hacking their software. Self-driving cars, autonomous robots ...

Researchers from Tianjin University have introduced the Emergency Medical Procedures 3D Dataset (EMP3D), a pioneering ...

The data inputs that enable modern search and recommendation systems were thought to be secure, but an algorithm developed by Cornell Tech researchers successfully teased out names, medical diagnoses ...

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 ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

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 ...

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.

DEFINITION: A process or set of mathematical instructions to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer. ETYMOLOGY: Comes from French algorithme, ...

Lots of people love their to-do lists. Take my wife: She has several going at any given time. Task lists keep her focused, on track, and for want of a better word, reassured: Writing tasks down ...