Algorithms are increasingly being turned to as a way for companies to make objective decisions, including ones that have complex social implications and the potential to have a profound impact on ...

People rely on algorithms to help with all kinds of decisions, from what to read online to how to get to work. But for some decisions, many of us still feel that human judgement is preferable to an ...

A self-driving vehicle has to detect objects, track them over time, and predict where they will be in the future in order to plan a safe manoeuvre. These tasks are typically trained independently from ...

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Researchers have suggested giving algorithms power over one of the most crucial backbones of American society - the justice system. Scientists from MIT proposed the tech could be used to make ...

The huge amount of data held by tech companies disproportionately limits access to their services by vulnerable people, including people of colour. That's according to research from Chris Gilliard, ...