Data Science

A Little-Known A.I. Method Can Train on Your Health Data Without Threatening Your Privacy

Explainer: What Is Quantum Communication?

Researchers and companies are creating ultra-secure…

Police Across the U.S. Are Training Crime-Predicting A.I.s on Falsified Data

A new report shows how…

This Is How A.I. Bias Really Happens — and Why It’s So Hard to Fix

Bias can creep in at many stages…

The Quirky Ways AI Researchers Gather Data to Feed Their Algorithms

Here are four of the most creative…

Need Medical Help? Sorry, Not Until You Sign Away Your Privacy

When you’re sick, you’re vulnerable —…

Data Mining Has Revealed Previously Unknown Russian Twitter Troll Campaigns

Trolls left forensic…

Even the Best AI for Spotting Fake News Is Still Terrible

It should be possible to automatically…

We Need a Cyber Arms Control Treaty to Keep Hospitals and Power Grids Safe from Hackers

A fresh diplomatic push could help put vital public services off limits to nation-state cyberattacks

The Secret Data Collected by Dockless Bikes Is Helping Cities Map Your Movement

Lime and other companies are gathering masses of location-based information that some cities are leveraging to improve…