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 ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

OpenAI recently unveiled a new algorithm, o1, which the company calls its “reasoning” model. The idea behind the algorithm is that it spends “more time thinking” before it responds, thus delivering ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Annie Minoff: A few years ago, Derek Mobley was working in IT. He loved his job ...