Algorithms have overtaken our lives. And while that’s not exactly news, what’s startling is the degree to which these mathematically-determined decisions infiltrate our lives. From what movies we ...

Clinical algorithms may improve if race variables are replaced with causal factors associated with race, such as healthcare access, education and economic position, according to a study published Jan.

A health care algorithm makes black patients substantially less likely than their white counterparts to receive important medical treatment. The major flaw affects millions of patients, and was just ...

Algorithm-based healthcare is not unbiased and can lead to substantial inequality in patient healthcare, according to a study published online October 24 in Science. "We show that a widely used ...

Quantum computers still can’t do much. Almost every time researchers have found something the high-tech machines should one day excel at, a classical algorithm comes along that can do it just as well ...