Elon Musk isn't a fan of X's algorithm, so he's documenting the company's efforts to improve the tech that decides what you ...

OpenAI recently unveiled a new algorithm, o1, which the company calls its “reasoning” model. The idea behind the algorithm is that it spends “more time thinking” before it responds, thus delivering ...

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 ...

Silo Season 2 Episode 9, The Safeguard, is now available for streaming on Apple TV+. Those who have watched it have likely come away with more questions than answers. One of these questions probably ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

There is a new sorting algorithm a deterministic O(m log2/3 n)-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition ...

Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But governments, including the U.S., have long tried to prevent their export. The ...