May you live in interesting times

There's no shortage of AI news. There is a shortage of AI understanding.

Algorithm Times exists for readers who are tired of coverage written for everyone, which, in practice, means useful to no one. This is where you get a closer look at the news and insights shaping technology as we know it.

We cover the business and economic forces shaping AI, alongside the underlying technical reality. Because the two are inseparable. What gets funded, what gets deployed, and what gets abandoned are decisions with real engineering consequences. We believe they deserve analysis that treats you accordingly.

That means explanations deep enough to be worth reading. Numbers that are analyzed for what they actually mean. A willingness to say something is overhyped, including things everyone else is currently excited about. And no vendor narratives laundered through a news format.

The AI moment is real. The coverage of it largely isn't.

That's the gap Algorithm Times is here to close.

AT Staff — Austin, Texas