In 2012, artificial intelligence researchers engineered a big leap in computer vision thanks, in part, to an unusually large set of images—thousands of everyday objects, people, and scenes in photos ...

The World Economic Forum’s "Global Risks Report 2024" notes that foreign and domestic actors leveraging misinformation—often generated by AI—is among the most adverse threats the world will face in ...

Deep learning is a form of machine learning that models patterns in data as complex, multi-layered networks. Because deep learning is the most general way to model a problem, it has the potential to ...

In June 2020, a facial recognition algorithm led to the wrongful arrest of Robert Williams, an African-American, for a crime he did not commit. After a shoplifting incident in in a pricey area of ...

A new image-based algorithm uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze a person's facial photos to detect and determine the possibility of having a heart-related illness. Initial consultations and ...

Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. Algorithms shape our lives, some more gently than others. From dating apps, to ...