How a hiring algorithm is audited can disguise bias, study finds

Modern recruiting is marked by an “algorithmic monoculture” in which only a small number of vendors supply applicant ...
Forbes

What Is An Algorithm? Defining And Applying Algorithms

Algorithms have taken on an almost mythical significance in the modern world. They determine what you see on social media and when browsing online, help form people’s belief systems, and impact the ...

Largest study of AI hiring algorithms to date finds ‘clear racial disparities’ — over 25% of Black applicants tainted by bias

A Stanford-led study of 4 million job applications reveals AI tools used by Fortune 100 companies systematically reject Black and Asian applicants.
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

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 ...