A machine learning expert predicts a new balance between human and machine intelligence is on the horizon. For that to be good news, researchers need to figure out how to design algorithms that ...

Algorithms Can Make Good Co-Workers The robots aren’t going to replace humans—we’ll just all work together.

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, ...

This programmer didn't know what to do for her thesis--so she designed a computer program that would tell her.

We don’t need to tell you that data can be beautiful—but the process of putting it in order can look pretty darn good, too. A new site called SORTING aims to make people aware of just how ...