To clear things up, I drew you this flowchart on the back of an envelope so you can work out whether something is using AI or not. This originally appeared in our AI newsletter The Algorithm.

Machine-learning algorithms are responsible for the vast majority of the artificial intelligence advancements and applications you hear about. (For more background, check out our first flowchart ...

An algorithm (a word that broadly refers to flowchart-style rule sets) is considered opaque if it uses a certain kind of data that some people don’t realize they’re providing. It’s ...

Our bipartisan legislation would essentially create a light switch for big tech’s secret algorithms – artificial intelligence that’s designed to shape and manipulate users’ experiences ...

Forty-four percent said "I'd like the ability to create my own algorithm using a filter bubble and my own preferences," and only 10 percent of you were completely in favor of having filter bubbles.

Brighten up your posts a bit — that Inkwell filter is too depressing. Researchers at Harvard University in Cambridge and University of Vermont in Burlington have created an algorithm that can… ...