In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...

ChatGPT kicked off the AI boom, but it was a landmark partnership between its developer OpenAI and software giant Microsoft Corp. that laid its financial foundations. This playbook has been repeated ...

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

Buffer ETFs—exchange-traded funds that protect investor returns from market downturns while capping the upside—have drawn in tens of billions of dollars in recent years from baby boomers and ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

The AI boom has triggered a historic spending spree. By 2028, investment in chips, servers and data centers could reach nearly $3 trillion, according to Morgan Stanley. On this episode of Bold Names, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Skeptics of a recent investment spree involving OpenAI and others say deals raise questions about the robustness of the artificial intelligence boom. By Andrew Ross Sorkin Bernhard Warner Sarah ...