She helped design Australia’s aged care assessment tool – but now Lynda Henderson is too scared to use it

Exclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm ...
BMJ Open

Performance validation of an artificial intelligence-assisted chest radiograph algorithm for incidental pulmonary nodule detection in Malaysian healthcare facilities: a ...

Introduction Incidental pulmonary nodules (IPNs) are commonly encountered on chest radiographs (CXRs) performed for routine clinical indications and may represent early manifestations of significant ...
Devdiscourse

Next-gen AI biosensors promise faster, smarter pandemic surveillance

Support vector machines improve classification by mapping inseparable signals into higher-dimensional spaces. Random forest models, through ensemble decision trees, increase robustness against ...

WiMi Releases Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Network (H-QNN) Technology for Efficient MNIST Binary Image Classification

Beijing, Feb. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WiMi Releases Hybrid Quantum-Classical Neural Network (H-QNN) Technology for Efficient MNIST Binary Image Classification ...
EurekAlert!

Pairwise statistical comparisons of multiple algorithms

In machine learning, it is often necessary to statistically compare the overall performance of two algorithms (e.g., our proposed algorithm and each compared baseline) based on multiple benchmark ...
Reuters

What is so special about TikTok's algorithm?

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...
TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Performance of Different Machine Learning Algorithms for Credit Risk Classification ()

1 Department of Information Technology and Computer Science, School of Computing and Mathematics, The Cooperative University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. 2 Department of Computing and Informatics, School ...
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

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 ...
The Conversation

TikTok’s new owner puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.
Psychology Today

Algorithms and the Erosion of Humanity

Do you remember the early days of social media? The promise of connection, of democratic empowerment, of barriers crumbling and gates opening? In those heady days, the co-founder of Twitter said that ...
Scientific American

The Math Trick Hidden in Your Credit Card Number

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...