‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion

Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality – but the algorithm has made us all sheep. Meet the style rebels fighting back ...
Tech Xplore

Q&A: Can we trust AI models? Researchers explore the roots of chatbot errors

Individuals now engage with agentic AI chatbots to perform a growing number of tasks. They can help a person shop for a new ...
Electronic Design

Building an Efficient Side-Channel-Resilient Post-Quantum Root-of-Trust Design

This article dives deep into the engineering tradeoffs required to achieve side-channel-resilient PQC implementations on modern root-of-trust (RoT) devices that must meet high-assurance security ...
IEEE

Global Complex Roots and Poles Finding Algorithm in C × R Domain

Abstract: An algorithm to find the roots and poles of a complex function depending on two arguments (one complex and one real) is proposed. Such problems are common in many fields of science for ...
Investopedia

Understanding Target Hash: Definition and Examples in Cryptocurrency

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
Neuroscience News

Ghost in the Machine: Exposing the Hidden Personalities of AI

Summary: Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Claude are more than just text generators; they contain complex, abstract “personas” and biases buried within their code. A team of researchers ...
Hackaday

The Sanskrit Square Root Algorithm

Years ago, no math education was complete without understanding how to compute a square root. Today, you are probably just reaching for a calculator, or if you are writing a program, you’ll probably ...
The New York Times

In the Age of the Algorithm, Roots Music Is Rising

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre. Charley Crockett, a rising star in the roots-music field, performing in Nashville, Ind., in May.Credit...Kristine ...
BBC

The hidden world beneath the shadows of YouTube's algorithm

There's a secret side of YouTube, just beyond the guiding hand of the algorithm – and it’s nothing like what you know. The vast majority of YouTube's estimated 14.8 billion videos have almost never ...
The Straits Times

Faster, more effective knee replacement surgery at Alexandra Hospital with new AI algorithm

SINGAPORE – The time taken for a total knee replacement procedure could be cut by half, thanks to new technology developed by Alexandra Hospital. An artificial intelligence (AI)-powered algorithm is ...
STAT

Doctors use problematic race-based algorithms to guide care every day. Why are they so hard to change?

This is Part 1 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. Pediatrician Alexandra Epee-Bounya had had enough. In ...
The Conversation

Social media algorithms are shrouded in secrecy. We’re trying to change that

Over the past 20 years, social media has transformed how we communicate, share information and form social connections. A federal parliamentary committee is currently trying to come to grips with ...