Let's be real: You're tired of Netflix's terrible recommendations. You scroll and scroll, only to be shown the same handful of shows the algorithm thinks you'll like ...

DeepCoder is a machine learning system that can write its own code. It does this using a technique called program synthesis. Essentially, it creates new programs by combining existing lines of code ...

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As repeatedly promised by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, Twitter has opened a portion of its source code to public inspection, including the algorithm it uses to recommend tweets in users' timelines. On ...

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One of the more arcane challenges for the foundation creating the 9/11 memorial downtown was how to arrange the names One of the more arcane challenges for the foundation creating the 9/11 memorial ...