Quanta Magazine

Quantum Algorithms Conquer a New Kind of Problem

In 1994, a mathematician figured out how to make a quantum computer do something that no ordinary classical computer could. The work revealed that, in principle, a machine based on the rules of ...
Scientific American

Algorithms Are Making Important Decisions. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Can we ever really trust algorithms to make decisions for us? Previous research has proved these programs can reinforce society’s harmful biases, but the problems go beyond that. A new study shows how ...
Wired

A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...
eWeek

Guide to Algorithms in AI

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
Quanta Magazine

Cryptography Tricks Make a Hard Problem a Little Easier

What’s the best way to solve hard problems? That’s the question at the heart of a subfield of computer science called computational complexity theory. It’s a hard question to answer, but flip it ...
Wired

Health Care Bias Is Dangerous. But So Are ‘Fairness’ Algorithms

SANDRA WACHTER is Professor of Technology and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute. BRENT MITTELSTADT is an Associate Professor and Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute. CHRIS ...