How do you fight an algorithm you cannot see? Activists in Germany fight for algorithmic accountability, plus more on societal resilience ...

Kartik Hosanagar talks with VentureBeat about "A Human's Guide to Machine Intelligence," his book about how algorithms shape our lives and how to fight back.

We’ve talked about how to reset the Instagram algorithm; here’s how to do the same thing with YouTube. Delete everything from your YouTube history To get started, head to myactivity.google.com.

There’s a new beat in town: algorithms. From formulas that determine what you see on social media to equations that dictate government operations, algorithms are increasingly powerful and pervasive.

The algorithm is coming! Sometime soon — a widespread but totally unfounded rumor claims tomorrow — Instagram will stop arranging photos in your feed in simple reverse chronological order ...

When we tested our algorithms with the widely used sample data sets, we were surprised at how well they performed relative to open-source algorithms assembled by IBM.

How do algorithms shape and change language on the web? You can’t avoid talking about algorithms if you’re talking about modern language change.

The biggest opportunities don’t come from people searching for your name. They come when someone’s searching for a solution—and the algorithm decides to introduce you.

However, recent advances in artificial intelligence have demonstrated that training an algorithm in a computer simulation and then installing it in a robot can be cost effective way to train them ...