One day last fall, Kristine Barrios’ 9-year-old daughter got stuck on a lesson in IXL, the personalized learning software that served as her math teacher. She had to multiply three three-digit numbers ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

What if the machines we’ve built to mimic human intelligence are, in some ways, as limited as they are extraordinary? While AI dazzles us with its ability to compose symphonies, ace strategy games, ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

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 ...

Abstract: The alpha-tree, also known as the quasi-flat zone hierarchy is a widely used representation of images in Mathematical Morphology. This structure organizes the regions according to a ...

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

Adam Aleksic, who posts as Etymology Nerd on social media, argues in a new book that algorithms are reshaping the English language. Credit...Peter Garritano for The New York Times Supported by By ...

Jwana Aziz receives funding by University of Birmingham QR Policy Support Funding and a donation from the Barker Family Trust. Anna Lavis has previously received funding for research into online harms ...