A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.
Futurism

OpenAI’s New Algorithm Can Turn Written Commands Into Code

OpenAI, the AI research company originally founded by Elon Musk — before he quit in disgust — just unveiled a new algorithm called Codex that can interpret commands written in English and turn them ...
The New York Times

Here’s a homemade version of the Codebreaker algorithm — and how to break it

You, too, can be a state-of-the-art sign-stealer. You can play along at home and download The Athletic’s homemade version of the sign-cracking algorithm, while we ...
Gizmodo

Twitter’s Recommendation Algorithm Is Now Open Source

Today is the day: In an effort to boost transparency between the public and the social media platform, CEO Elon Musk has made Twitter’s recommendation algorithm open source…for some reason. It would ...
Marketplace

Export controls on TikTok's algorithm are unique but not unprecedented

Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But ...