YouTube says the secret to success is not their algorithm, it's your audience

"When you have a question about the algorithm, I encourage you to replace the word 'algorithm' in your question with ...
Aerospace and Mechanical Insider on MSN

Hierarchical reinforcement learning boosts air defense efficiency

Modern air defense confrontations demand rapid, precise task assignments in environments where threats evolve within seconds.
Bangkok Post

Under the algorithm's thumb

According to Kasikorn Research Center, the number of layoffs, under Section 33 of the Social Security Act, has increased at an average rate of 7% per year. By 2026, it is projected that layoffs will ...
The Next Web

China orders its apps to stop sending orders to exhausted drivers. The algorithm is now subject to collective bargaining.

China’s CPC Central Committee and State Council issued comprehensive labour rules for the country’s 200+ million gig workers, the first time the party’s highest authority has formalised protections ...
IEEE

Group-Based Distributed Auction Algorithms for Multi-Robot Task Assignment

Abstract: This paper studies the multi-robot task assignment problem in which a fleet of dispersed robots needs to efficiently transport a set of dynamically appearing packages from their initial ...
STAT

Removing race from kidney function algorithm helped more Black patients access transplants

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Several years ago, nephrologists attempted a first-of-its-kind effort ...
TechNode

The rise of emotion AI: how emotion recognition algorithms are moving into wearables and industry applications

Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Sign up Shenzhen Bi’an Mind Technology, founded in 2021, ...
The Conversation

Should unis ditch group assignments?

Is it time to get rid of group assignments at university? Federal Opposition education spokesperson Julian Leeser thinks so. On Thursday, he called for universities to drop group assessments entirely, ...
iaea.org

The Atom and the Algorithm: Nuclear Energy and AI are Converging to Shape the Future

Distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends, Writers and futurists have long echoed Alvin and Heidi Toffler’s idea that “the future arrives too fast…and in the wrong order.” Today, we know, the ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.
Quanta Magazine

The Game Theory of How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...