AI’s Memorization Crisis

O n Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies would prefer to keep hidden. Four popular ...

What’s ‘algorithmic coercion,’ and why is it making things we buy more expensive?

One company choosing to use a quick and reactive pricing algorithm could lead its competitors to increase prices, leading ...
IEEE

Grating Lobe Suppression for Distributed Space-based Coherent Aperture Radar Using an Improved Subtraction-average-based Optimizer Algorithm

Abstract: The distributed space-based coherent aperture radar (DSCAR) leverages the collaborative operation of multiple satellite-borne radars to transcend the power-aperture product limitations ...
Science Daily

How personalized algorithms trick your brain into wrong answers

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...
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Uber and DoorDash now disclose when algorithms set prices. There's still one big question.

New Yorkers got a little more visibility this week into when apps like Uber and DoorDash use algorithms to set prices. The state's Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act took effect on Monday. Under the ...
Forbes

LinkedIn's Algorithm Exposed: What They're Not Telling You About Getting Seen In 2025

LinkedIn support accidentally revealed its algorithm: it tracks "viewer tolerance," reducing visibility for authors whose posts are consistently ignored. To succeed, diversify content types weekly, ...
Times Union

New York housing reforms tackle algorithmic rents, discrimination

One of the eight bills signed into law would ban landlords from using algorithms to fix rent pricing, making New York among the first in the nation to do so A “For Rent” sign in front of a home on ...
Gothamist

Hochul signs bill banning NY landlords from using algorithm software to set rents

Building owners and property managers will no longer be able to use algorithm-based software to artificially inflate New Yorkers’ rents as a result of a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on ...
Ars Technica

Experts urge caution about using ChatGPT to pick stocks

With AI chatbots growing in popular usage, it was only a matter of time before large numbers of people began applying them to the stock market. In fact, at least 1 in 10 retail investors now consult ...
ProPublica

America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. What Happened: Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has ...
Time

How the Secret Algorithms Behind Social Media Actually Work

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...