Hacked phones and Wi-Fi surveillance have replaced Cold War spies and radio waves in the delusions of people with schizophrenia

For example, Americans living during World War II developed persecutory delusions involving Germans, while those living during the Cold War focused on communists. People with thought disorders have ...

Chasing Bubbles And Riding Value In Another Year Leading The S&P 500

Discover top portfolio strategies blending market timing & sector insights. See how 10 proprietary models consistently beat ...
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 ...
Times Union

AI’s errors may be impossible to eliminate – what that means for its use in health care

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carlos Gershenson, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE ...
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 ...

Monte Carlo Simulation: What It Is, How It Works, History, 4 Key Steps

The Monte Carlo simulation estimates the probability of different outcomes in a process that cannot easily be predicted because of the potential for random variables.
The Conversation

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.
The New York Times

U.S.-Run TikTok to License Algorithm, White House Says

The change is part of a deal to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership to avert a looming ban. By Emmett Lindner and Lauren Hirsch The software giant Oracle will oversee the security of Americans’ data and ...
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 ...