Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

Five artificial intelligence (AI) technologies designed to act as a "second pair of eyes" during colonoscopies have been conditionally recommended for NHS use by the National Institute for Health and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

Twelve-lead ECGs, although standard in hospitals, can be bulky and impractical for home use. On the other hand, Apple Watch’s ECG app is easy to use, but it is limited in what it can detect because it ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

(New York, May 21, 2025) – Global momentum to prohibit and regulate “killer robots” seems to be building, as evidenced by numerous countries’ participation in the first United Nations General Assembly ...

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Google is directing its quality raters to watch out for pages with main content created using automated or generative AI tools – and rate them as lowest quality, according to Google’s Senior Search ...