Ranks of Disparity: New approach fixes flaw in fairness algorithms

As organizations increasingly rely on algorithms to rank candidates for jobs, university spots, and financial services, a new ...
The Conversation

Moral metrics: Are corporate algorithms becoming our new moral authorities?

You check your credit score before applying for an apartment. Your fitness watch tells you whether you slept well enough. A workplace dashboard measures your productivity. Parents can buy devices that ...
TechCrunch

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...
VentureBeat

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

As Large Language Models (LLMs) expand their context windows to process massive documents and intricate conversations, they encounter a brutal hardware reality known as the "Key-Value (KV) cache ...
Indiatimes

What is Google's new AI algorithm that has sent stocks of biggest memory makers plummeting

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm drastically cuts AI model memory needs, impacting memory chip stocks like SK Hynix and Kioxia. This innovation targets the AI's 'memory' cache, compressing it ...

Matcha model makes drug candidate screening more than 30 times faster

Ligand Pro, founded by Skoltech professors and a Skoltech Ph.D. student, has presented Matcha, an AI-powered molecular docking model that performs virtual drug screening 30 times faster than the large ...
Search Engine Land

Google March 2026 core update rolling out now

Google released the March 2026 core update today, the company announced. This is Google’s first core update of 2026. It follows the quick March 2026 spam update from a couple of days ago and the ...
CNBC

A Google AI breakthrough is pressuring memory chip stocks from Samsung to Micron

Google said this week that its research on a new compression method could reduce the amount of memory required to run large language models by six times. SK Hynix, Samsung and Micron shares fell as ...
CBS News

Meta and YouTube found liable on all charges in landmark social media addiction trial

A jury on Wednesday found that Meta and YouTube are liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users, a landmark decision that could set a legal precedent for ...
The New York Times

Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case

A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress. By Cecilia Kang Ryan Mac and Eli Tan Cecilia Kang reported from ...
Time

The Senate Has Passed What Could Be the Largest Housing Package in Decades. Here’s What’s In It

An aerial view of single family homes in Miami, Florida, on August 1, 2025. Editorial Fellow The Senate has passed a sweeping piece of housing legislation that seeks to bolster the U.S. housing supply ...