algorithms

Microsoft, Google, and China’s Baidu all showed off ChatGPT-inspired technology to reinvent web search this week.

Microsoft’s chatty search interface was impressive. But it also served up glitches, ethical dilemmas—and talk of a mysterious “Sydney.”

Supersmart algorithms won't take all the jobs, But they are learning faster than ever, doing everything from medical diagnostics to serving up ads.

Medical systems disproportionately fail people of color, but a focus on fixing the numbers can actually lead to worse outcomes.

ChatGPT is not as random as a human—for now.

The second-ranked search engine is getting a new chatbot interface that attempts to synthesize information from sites across the web.

A search bot you converse with could make finding answers easier—if it doesn’t tell fibs. Microsoft, Google, Baidu, and others are working on it.

Madison Square Garden is under fire for using the technology. Other venues are exploring their own uses of face algorithms, raising privacy concerns.

Bad actors use artificial intelligence to propagate falsehoods and upset elections, but the same tools can be repurposed to defend the truth.

Love it or hate it, you can’t deny: TikTok is addicting. What makes it so addicting isn’t necessarily the quality of the videos (although there are plenty of great ones). Rather, it’s the impressive algorithm that quickly learns what you…