Learn how backpropagation works by building it from scratch in Python! This tutorial explains the math, logic, and coding behind training a neural network, helping you truly understand how deep ...

Learn how to implement the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm from scratch in Python! This tutorial covers the theory, ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Abstract: The K-nearest neighbors (kNNs) algorithm, a cornerstone of supervised learning, relies on similarity measures constrained by real-number-based distance metrics. A critical limitation of ...