Algorithms

Time for our expert feature, the moment in the show where we put your questions to our expert. Specifically - what are they? how do they work? And are there any ways to manipulate them into giving us… Audio

New Zealand is leading a bid to break open social media’s secret algorithms as part of The Christchurch Call  response, with backing from some big tech outfits. But without input from the biggest… Video, Audio

Major parts of our daily lives are controlled by artificial intelligence. What if it turns against us? Audio

The Taiao programme, led by the University of Waikato, aims to create machine learning tools to help researchers wrangle with massive amounts of environmental data. Claire Concannon visits the team to… Audio

Facebook protests that its new algorithm that curates your newsfeed is just a mirror reflecting yourself back at you. If that's the case, says one digital expert, it's a funhouse mirror.  Audio

RNZ's Charlotte Ryan discusses how streaming services' algorithms may be changing the industry. Audio

A study out of Stony Brook University has found cognitive ageing starts earlier than expected. That's the bad news. The good news is that it looks like this process can be prevented - or even reversed… Audio

Amy Fletcher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury. She offers her take on the pros and cons of Deep Fakes. Audio

Author Paul Mason says the world order is being ripped to shreds by an alliance of ethnic nationalists, women-haters and authoritarian leaders who are harnessing the power of machines and algorithms… Audio

We're living in the most mathematical age of all time as computers, using algorithms, revolutionize the world around us. From online banking to when Netflix makes suggestions based on the shows we've… Audio

The first ever stocktake into government agencies' use of algorithms and predictive modelling to deliver their services to citizens' says it must be done with caution. The Government Chief Data… Audio

Professor Rhema Vaithianathan is co-director of the Centre for Social Data Analytics at AUT. She is widely published in the research areas of health and development economics and applied… Audio

A team of computer scientists at Victoria University think they may be a step closer to making virtual reality more like... reality. Audio

It's the psychological study that we're all participating in every day: using the internet! So is the digital 'you' the real 'you'? We speak to Michal Kosinski from the Stanford Graduate School of… Audio

Prof. Mark Apperley from the University of Waikato on what happens when humans algorithms such as driving become replaced by computer algorithims. Will they be able to act ethically and with common… Audio

How organisations are using machine learning to discover who you are. Pedro Domingos is a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington. His book 'The Master Algorithm… Audio