It is now possible to take a talking-head style video, and add, delete or edit the speaker's words as simply as you'd edit text in a word processor. A new deepfake algorithm can process the audio and ...

If you’re ever curious what it feels like to live in thrall to an algorithm, ask a YouTuber. In YouTube circles, mastering the “YouTube algorithm” is an arcane art that has spawned countless rumours, ...

The word “algorithm” can sometimes seem like a word designed to scare people away from math classes, much like the words “calculus”, “Fourier transform”, or “engineering exam”. But in reality it’s ...

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." This opening verse from the Gospel of John alludes to the unique power of language and communication. As we enter the ...

Increasingly – and often by stealth as they work inside your innocent-looking search engine – algorithms have entered not just our computers and working lives. They also govern more and more ...