VioGén - an algorithm-based system - asks 35 questions about the abuse and its intensity, the aggressor's access to weapons, his mental health and whether the woman has left, or is considering ...

In a unanimous vote, the 12-member council on Wednesday sent back to committee a proposed ban on the use of algorithms to set residential rents. Councilor Angelita Morillo, the ordinance’s main ...

The plaintiff Nyree Hinton alleged that Tesla odometer readings reflect energy consumption, driver behavior and "predictive algorithms" rather than actual mileage driven. Sign up here. He said the ...

The San Diego City Council voted to ban landlords from using algorithms to set rents. KPBS metro reporter Andrew Bowen says it comes amid multiple lawsuits challenging the practice. The San Diego ...

Experts agree the algorithm-generated scores may have some benefits. But clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates fear its adoption has come without adequate scientific validation of those ...

It’s a petty thing, given the scale of all that’s going on. But Mark Bauerlein’s op-ed last Friday in the New York Times offering helpful tips for the President on cultural policy—“Trump ...

In a leap forward for astronomy, a researcher has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm and discovered more than one million objects in space by parsing through understudied data from a ...

Pornography websites are fueling the rise in child sex abuse by using algorithms to direct users to extreme material, desensitizing them to abuse and sexual assault, according to the Washington-based ...

“I always felt like a gazelle on the Serengeti being hunted by lions who were the suits, the engineers, and algorithms (who) were always salivating over what little real estate we had on the homepage ...

It’s tough to compete with Instagram when it comes to sharing photos, videos, or stories. But knowing how this particular site algorithm works will be necessary for almost everybody, whose intention ...