Wired

Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’

Rob Williams knows how to pitch Jeff Bezos: You write a press release as if your product has already been built. Bezos reads it and gives a thumbs up or down. Williams went through this process a lot ...
The New York Times

Premier League predictions: Athletic subscribers, a child, a writer, an algorithm – who won the title?

Welcome to The Athletic’s Premier League predictions challenge, which I’m horrified to have to say has been won by the subscribers. Yes, Arsenal fan Neel from New Delhi held his nerve on the final day ...
Business Wire

Algorithms Are Reshaping News Visibility: Here’s How to Adapt

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...
The Providence Journal

Providence takes Boston company to court for setting rent by algorithm

Audubon Capital Partners bought the 95 Lofts and Chestnut Commons buildings in January. Tenants complained to the Providence City Council about prices being set by "dynamic pricing." One algorithms ...
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 ...
CNBC

Zillow CEO didn’t find success by chasing a linear career path: It was more like a 'jungle gym'

People seldom find success by following a linear career path, says Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman. "It's not really a straight line or ladder," Wacksman tells CNBC Make It. "It's often taking on new ...
Android

This Google AI Breakthrough Could End the Global RAM Crisis Sooner Than Expected

Google has unveiled TurboQuant, a new AI compression algorithm that can reduce the RAM requirements for large language models by 6x. By optimizing how AI stores data through a method called ...
TechCrunch

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...
VentureBeat

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

As Large Language Models (LLMs) expand their context windows to process massive documents and intricate conversations, they encounter a brutal hardware reality known as the "Key-Value (KV) cache ...
Fast Company

The X algorithm really is trying to radicalize you—researchers just proved it

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...
The Verge

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see

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CNBC

Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads

Meta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called "Dear Algo" that lets Threads users personalize their content-recommendation algorithms. Threads users will be able to tell the Dear Algo tool what kinds ...