TechCrunch

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...
The Conversation

Moral metrics: Are corporate algorithms becoming our new moral authorities?

You check your credit score before applying for an apartment. Your fitness watch tells you whether you slept well enough. A workplace dashboard measures your productivity. Parents can buy devices that ...
Indiatimes

What is Google's new AI algorithm that has sent stocks of biggest memory makers plummeting

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm drastically cuts AI model memory needs, impacting memory chip stocks like SK Hynix and Kioxia. This innovation targets the AI's 'memory' cache, compressing it ...
Seeking Alpha

Google reveals algorithms to address AI memory challenges; memory and storage stocks drop

Google (GOOG)(GOOGL) revealed a set of new algorithms today designed to reduce the amount of memory needed to run large language models and vector search engines. The algorithms introduced by Google ...
The New York Times

The Life-Changing Power of a Book Review Before Algorithms

How The Washington Post’s now-defunct Book World transformed the careers of two giants of American literature. Credit...Tom Etherington Supported by By David Streitfeld David Streitfeld, a reporter ...
The Next Web

Google’s new compression algorithm cut memory stocks within hours of publication

Google published a research blog post on Tuesday about a new compression algorithm for AI models. Within hours, memory stocks were falling. Micron dropped 3 per cent, Western Digital lost 4.7 per cent ...
STAT

This series, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting, highlights the dangers of AI use in medicine

Casey Ross and Bob Herman’s reporting exposes how UnitedHealth Group used an unregulated algorithm to override clinicians’ judgment and deny care to seriously ill older and disabled patients. The ...
BBC

Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement, say whistleblowers

Social media giants made decisions which allowed more harmful content on people's feeds, after internal research into their algorithms showed how outrage fuelled engagement, whistleblowers told the ...
BBC

Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement, say whistleblowers

Whistleblowers have given an inside view of the algorithm arms race which followed TikTok's explosive growth Social media giants made decisions which allowed more harmful content on people's feeds, ...