We use heuristics to solve computationally difficult problems where optimal solutions are too expensive to deploy, hard to manage, or otherwise inefficient. Our prior work, MetaOpt, shows many of the ...

bitrat is a command-line tool to quickly calculate checksums for nested file hierarchies, such that subsequent changes to those files can be easily detected, with the goal of identifying files ...

AI-powered recommendation algorithms on social media are carving pop culture into tiny, personalized bubbles, fueling echo chambers and leaving fewer shared experiences. Creators and educators unpack ...

The way people discover content, like music and art, is changing fast. AI-powered recommendation algorithms are creating fragmented social media feeds, carving pop culture into tiny, personalized ...

The LinkedIn algorithm can feel like a mysterious gatekeeper, deciding which posts reach only a few connections and which break free into wider feeds. For professionals, creators, and brands, ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...

In the digital age, the need to back up, distribute, or emulate physical discs has made the ISO file format increasingly relevant. An ISO file is a digital replica of a physical disc — such as a CD, ...

Quantum algorithms company Phasecraft has raised $34 million in Series B funding to accelerate its breakthrough work and transform quantum computing’s theoretical promise into practical applications.