The Cambridge Analytica Scandal Shows Facebook Needs to Give Researchers More Access, Not Less

Jacob Metcalf and Casey Fiesler

March 18, 2018 3:30 PM

Google’s Big Plans to Fix the Often-Bizarre Info Boxes That Appear Above Search Results

Alex Barasch

Jan 31, 2018 6:31 PM

Google’s Hilariously Mundane Infoboxes Suggest That Humans No Longer Weave the Web

Jacob Brogan

Jan 18, 2018 1:44 PM

We’re About to See A.I.-Assisted Art Everywhere

Gabriel Nicholas

Dec 11, 2017 9:00 AM

We Need to Preserve Internet Experiences, Not Just Websites and Tweets

Rebecca Onion

Dec 11, 2017 5:50 AM

Why No One Talks Much About “Big Data” Anymore

Will Oremus

Oct 16, 2017 5:45 AM

How Netflix Embodies One of the Most Seductive Myths of the Algorithmic Age

Ed Finn

March 21, 2017 9:00 AM

Why We Should Want Machines to Be Able to Accurately Predict When We’ll Die

Ravi B. Parikh

March 13, 2017 7:15 AM

The Surprising, Creepy Things Algorithms Can Glean About You From Photos

Andreas Weigend

March 10, 2017 7:42 AM

Inside the Changes That Could Save Twitter’s Business—and Reshape Civil Discourse

Will Oremus

March 05, 2017 8:00 PM

How Software Problems Are Leading to Wrongful Arrests in a California County

Elizabeth Joh

Dec 13, 2016 2:16 PM

How Google Shapes the News You See About the Candidates

Daniel Trielli and Nicholas Diakopoulos

Nov 03, 2016 3:01 PM

The Paradox of Using Algorithms to Create Infinite Video Game Worlds

Jacob Brogan

Oct 05, 2016 7:45 AM

How Health Tech Can Reinforce Biases Against the Mentally Ill

Michelle Joy and Dominic Sisti

Sept 22, 2016 12:00 PM

Hear Slate Money Break Down Weapons of Math Destruction

Cathy O'Neil, Felix Salmon, and Jordan Weissmann

Sept 10, 2016 2:02 AM

How Algorithms Can Help Reduce Discrimination

H. V. Jagadish

Aug 18, 2016 4:01 PM

Algorithmic Tattoo Identification Could Have All Sorts of Scary Consequences

Yael Grauer

July 01, 2016 7:04 AM

The Biases of Google’s Issue Guide on Candidates

Daniel Trielli, Sean Mussenden, Jennifer Stark, and Nicholas Diakopoulos

June 07, 2016 7:45 AM

Test Your Knowledge of Algorithms!

Jacob Brogan

Feb 29, 2016 7:00 AM

What Do We Not Want Algorithms to Do for Us?

Christine Rosen

Feb 26, 2016 10:49 AM