A computer program is simply an algorithm written for a computer. Algorithms are frequently displayed as flow charts, like Sheldon's friendship algorithm.

Yes, it’s a computer programming a computer. Be thankful Skynet is 18 years late. When we first saw [Kory]’s work , he had programmed a computer to write and run its own programs in Brainfuck.

Coding does not mean simply typing. It needs deeper thinking. No algorithm can match the creativity of human intelligence ...

A set of algorithms has been developed that will help teach computers to process and understand human languages. The algorithms will enable a computer to act in much the same way as a human would ...

Google announced yesterday that they were adding another layer to their already complicated ranking algorithm. This time, they were focusing on machine learning and are calling this update, RankBrain.

A painting generated by artificial intelligence will go up for sale at auction later this month – raising again the question of whether a machine can be creative.. The painting, called Edmond De ...

On March 24, weeks before he offered to buy Twitter, Elon Musk posted a poll on the social media platform: “Twitter algorithm should be open source,” he wrote, with options for users to vote ...

Who Broke the SHA1 Algorithm (And What Does It Mean for Bitcoin)? The SHA1 encryption algorithm was recently 'broken' by researchers at Google and CWI Amsterdam.