In a society that vehemently protects our right to free speech, we lack the same vigour when it comes to freedom of thought. Every day, the majority of us succumb to the simplicity of algorithmic ...

Aviv Ovadya is affiliated with the the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, the AI & Democracy Foundation, the newDemocracy Foundation, and the Centre for Governance of AI. Luke Thorburn does not work for ...

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.

Artificial intelligence has become a popular tool for job recruiters, in part because programmers can code applicant-screening algorithms to avoid any explicit discrimination in their decision-making ...

This is Part 1 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. Pediatrician Alexandra Epee-Bounya had had enough. In ...

I was reading recently how social media’s use of artificial intelligence and algorithms can contribute to aggression by potentially intensifying it through engagement-driven amplification. Algorithms ...

Securing a top spot on search engine results pages greatly increases the chances that potential customers will click and visit a brand’s website. Top rankings on SERPs not only drive traffic and ...

“It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion.” But what if we redesigned social media to bridge divides?