Systems & Networks

LinkedIn Ran Social Experiments on 20 Million Users Over Five Years

New York Times: LinkedIn ran experiments on more than 20 million users over five years that, while intended to improve how the platform worked for members, could have affected some people’s livelihoods, according to a new study. In experiments conducted around the…

AI Is Probably Using Your Images and It’s Not Easy to Opt Out

VICE: Viral image-generating AI tools like DALL-E and Stable Diffusion are powered by massive datasets of images that are scraped from the internet, and if one of those images is of you, there’s no easy way to opt out, even…

Understanding reality through algorithms

MIT News: Although Fernanda De La Torre still has several years left in her graduate studies, she’s already dreaming big when it comes to what the future has in store for her. “I dream of opening up a school one day…

What are quantum-resistant algorithms—and why do we need them?

Technology Review: Cryptographic algorithms are what keep us safe online, protecting our privacy and securing the transfer of information. But many experts fear that quantum computers could one day break these algorithms, leaving us open to attack from hackers and fraudsters….