The Verge

Go read this data analysis that uncovers predictive policing’s flawed algorithm

A co-reported investigation with Gizmodo and The Markup into PredPol A co-reported investigation with Gizmodo and The Markup into PredPol PredPol’s algorithm is supposed to make predictions based on ...
Harvard Business School

Frontiers: Can an AI Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An Analysis in the Context of Airbnb

Zhang, Shunyuan, Nitin Mehta, Param Singh, and Kannan Srinivasan. "Frontiers: Can an AI Algorithm Mitigate Racial Economic Inequality? An Analysis in the Context of Airbnb." Marketing Science 40, no.
Psychology Today

How Algorithms Change How We Think

In a society that vehemently protects our right to free speech, we lack the same vigour when it comes to freedom of thought. Every day, the majority of us succumb to the simplicity of algorithmic ...
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 ...
The Washington Post

TikTok’s mental health ‘rabbit hole’? It’s not in your head.

TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...