Algorithmic grading in class: What a study shows about extra student workload and privacy

As universities increasingly adopt digital tools and automated analytics systems, attention often centers on these tools' ...

A Stanford grad student created an algorithm to help his classmates find love; now, Date Drop is the basis of his new startup

As Valentine’s Day approaches at Stanford, some students may be gearing up for first dates — not with people they met on ...
Devdiscourse

padho.ai: The AI-Powered Learning Platform That Understands How Every Child Thinks

BENGALURU Built by IIT alumni and engineers from Flipkart and Uber, padho.ai has launched an AI-powered learning platform that combines a Digital Brain Twin, an advanced interactive learning interface ...
Paste

Read This: Chris Gethard explains how algorithms killed comedy’s middle class

The last five years have been a reckoning for Hollywood. As the industry continues to consolidate into fewer and fewer studios, it’s also placed more undue burden on younger artists, the ones who ...
Education Week

How to Get More Students Into Computer Science Classes in the Age of AI

Access to high school computer science courses has plateaued, and overall high school student participation in those classes has declined slightly, concludes Code.org’s annual report on the state of ...
The National Law Review

Pricing Algorithms – Price Tags and Personal and Competitor Data- States Step Up Algorithmic Pricing Regulation

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
BGR

Google Revealed A Futuristic Quantum Algorithm Faster Than Supercomputers

Google claims to have developed a quantum computer algorithm that is 13,000 times faster than the most powerful supercomputers. This would bring the technology another step closer to real-world ...
Rolling Stone

Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Spotify of Engaging in ‘Payola’ in Discovery Mode

A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of engaging in “payola” to allow record labels to secretly promote their artists in the streaming service’s Discovery Mode. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a ...
STAT

Blue Cross plans to target doctors for overcharging. Physicians are furious

With the help of a computer algorithm, Massachusetts’ biggest health insurer says it will scrutinize doctors who frequently bill it for the most expensive patient visits. It will then unilaterally cut ...
Reuters

Google says it has developed landmark quantum computing algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use ...
The New York Times

Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. A quantum computer at ...