City Journal

United States of Algorithms

Digital quantification determines Americans’ quality of life. Algorithms select job applicants for interviews and employees for performance bonuses. They aggregate stories and products as we shop for ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the ...
The Conversation

Deepfake detection improves when using algorithms that are more aware of demographic diversity

Siwei Lyu receives funding from the National Science Foundation and DARPA. Yan Ju receives funding from US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Semantic Forensic (SemaFor) program, under ...