A montage of scribbly cartoon faces, each imbued with distinct personality, would make any parent proud of their child's artistic creation...except a child didn't produce these faces; a computer ...

Algorithms are much in vogue these days—maybe too much in vogue. The step-by-step procedure they employ for guaranteeing a result, unfortunately, comes with no actual guarantee: By the way, while ...

Comixfization: a jumping horse and rider. (Courtesy: Maciej Pesko and Tomasz Trzcinski/arXiv:1809.01726) Two researchers in Poland have used neural algorithms to transform photographs into the style ...

Computer algorithms and code impact basic aspects of our lives. When the are used for a civic purpose that demands transparency, the underlying programs should be made public. Cartoon by Andy Singer.