This all sounds ludicrous until we realize that our algorithms are increasingly being made in our own image. As we’ve learned more about our own brains, we’ve enlisted that knowledge to create ...

UK researchers have developed a platform that can test whether commercial AI algorithms developed for NHS applications are fit for purpose and free of bias. The platform has been put to work initially ...

The Federal Trade Commission is considering whether to write sweeping new regulations that could restrict how businesses collect and use consumer data, hinting at a possible crackdown on commercial ...

It is one of the major issues of letting large unmanned aircraft share the sky with commercial airliners: preventing a disaster by keeping the two aircraft apart – or “well clear” in flight.

Most organisations of any size are exploring how they can integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their current operations. The benefits can seem enormous, almost magical. But getting started in ...

Computed tomography (CT) has long been a cornerstone in medical diagnostics and materials science, enabling the non-invasive visualisation of internal structures. Recent decades have witnessed a shift ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. In the era before “big data” became a household name, the small sizes of ...

Is my car hallucinating? Is the algorithm that runs the police surveillance system in my city paranoid? Marvin the android in Douglas Adams’s Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy had a pain in all the ...