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Slack rolls out its AI tools to all paying customers
Slack just rolled out its AI tools to all paying customers, after releasing it to just a subset of users. These features include thread summaries and conversational search.
Threads begins testing swipe gestures to help train the For You algorithm
Threads has begun testing swipe gestures to help users improve the algorithm that populates the For You feed. The feature is currently only available to a limited number of people.
Facebook is using AI to supercharge the algorithm that recommends you videos
Facebook tested the new system with Reels and noticed that watch times went up significantly. So it will roll it out to the main Facebook feed and Groups as well.
Google is changing its search results to weed out SEO spam
Amid complaints about its search results declining in quality, Google is tweaking its algorithms to do a better job of weeding out spammy or automated content. The company says the ranking updates, arriving in May, will “keep the lowest-quality content out of search.”
TikTok will let European users decide whether they want a personalized For You Page
TikTok is undergoing massive changes for users in the European Union in order to meet the August 28th deadline the region's authorities gave companies to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Bluesky now lets you choose your own algorithm
Bluesky released its “custom feeds” feature, which allows people to subscribe to a range of different algorithms and make their own for others to follow.
Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence'
In their new book, professors Chris Wiggins and Matthew L Jones examine how data acts as the lifeblood of modern society, shaping everything from our political views and social mores to our military responses and economic activities.
What did Twitter’s ‘open source’ algorithm actually reveal? Not a lot.
The code Twitter released omitted important details about how “the algorithm” actually works, according to engineers who have studied it.
Twitter’s recommendation algorithm is now on GitHub
Elon Musk said he hoped users would be able to find potential “issues” in the code and help make it better.
Hitting the Books: AI is making people think faster, not smarter
I, HUMAN, the latest from ManpowerGroup CIO, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, explores the myriad ways that AI systems now govern our daily lives and interactions.
Elon Musk says Twitter is fixing its Elon Musk tweet problem
If you've been using Twitter's "For You" instead of the chronological "Following" tab as God intended, you may have noticed a problem.
Spotify’s ‘Exclude from your Taste Profile’ keeps Elmo out of your daily mixes
Spotify is launching a new feature today that lets you choose playlists to exclude from recommended content.
Hitting the Books: How to build a music recommendation 'information-space-beast'
As of October, music makers are uploading 100,000 new songs every day to streaming services like Spotify. That is too much music. It's a monumental problem that data scientist Glenn McDonald is working to solve.
TikTok will explain why it recommends videos on its 'For You' page
TikTok is taking new steps to demystify some aspects of its algorithm with a feature that will explain recommendations on its "For You" page,
Hitting the Books: AI could help shrink America's gender wage gap
In her new book, The Equality Machine, Dr. Orly Lobel explores how digital technologies -- often maligned for their roles in exacerbating societal ills -- can be harnessed to undo the damage they've caused.
YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works, according to new study on recommendations
YouTube’s in-app controls such as the “dislike” button, are largely ineffective as a tool for controlling recommendations, according to new research from Mozilla.
Google is trying to keep political campaign emails out of Gmail spam folders
It plans to make eligible messages exempt from spam filters.
Facebook's algorithm change in 2018 benefitted Republican groups, researchers say
A 2018 change in Facebook’s algorithm resulted in significant boosts in engagement for local Republican groups, according to newly published research.
Instagram's latest algorithm tweak will 'value original content more'
Instagram is tweaking the way it ranks content in order to “value original content more,” according to Instagram Head Adam Mosseri
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