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.

Many companies are searching for tools to help them hire diverse, productive workforces. Even if diversity is not the main hiring goal, they may want to ensure they’re not overlooking talented ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) permeates nearly every sector, the rental market has become one of its newest frontiers. AI-driven algorithms can streamline processes like property pricing, tenant ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

Toshiba has overcome this challenge by developing a third‑generation simulated bifurcation (SB) algorithm. This ground-breaking advance builds on the original SB algorithm, announced in April 2019 *1, ...

As employers continue experimenting with new forms of technology in hiring and firing decisions, workers may, at times, find ...

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...