TikTok will let European users decide whether they want a personalized For You PageThe service is implementing massive changes to comply with the EU's Digital Services Act.By M. Moon, 08.04.2023
Bluesky now lets you choose your own algorithmA future update will allow users to create their own within the app.By K. Bell, 05.26.2023
Hitting the Books: Why a Dartmouth professor coined the term 'artificial intelligence'John McCarthy's 'summer study' saw the first computers learning from data. By A. Tarantola, 05.07.2023
What did Twitter’s ‘open source’ algorithm actually reveal? Not a lot. Some of the most important questions about Twitter's algorithm remain unanswered By K. Bell, 04.06.2023
Twitter’s recommendation algorithm is now on GitHubElon Musk said he expects people to find "a lot of mistakes" in the code.By K. Bell, 03.31.2023
Hitting the Books: AI is making people think faster, not smarter'Going with your gut' exclusively isn't the winning strategy you think it is.By A. Tarantola, 03.05.2023
Elon Musk says Twitter is fixing its Elon Musk tweet problemAll Elon all the time (but hopefully not for much longer).By S. Dent, 02.14.2023
Spotify’s ‘Exclude from your Taste Profile’ keeps Elmo out of your daily mixesIt starts rolling out today on Android, iOS, desktop and the web.By W. Shanklin, 02.08.2023
Hitting the Books: How to build a music recommendation 'information-space-beast'There's a planet's worth of tunes 'data alchemist' Glenn McDonald want to help you find.By A. Tarantola, 01.15.2023
TikTok will explain why it recommends videos on its 'For You' pageIt’s a step toward algorithmic transparency for the app, which has been viewed with suspicion.By K. Bell, 12.20.2022
Hitting the Books: AI could help shrink America's gender wage gapUsing bots to negotiate salaries would ignore social stigmas that hinder women's earning potential. By A. Tarantola, 10.30.2022
YouTube’s ‘dislike’ barely works, according to new study on recommendationsResearchers at Mozilla say YouTube's in-app controls for tweaking suggested videos are "ineffective." By K. Bell, 09.20.2022
Google is trying to keep political campaign emails out of Gmail spam foldersIt plans to make eligible messages exempt from spam filters.By K. Holt, 06.28.2022
Facebook's algorithm change in 2018 benefitted Republican groups, researchers sayAfter Facebook changed News Feed's ranking, Republican groups saw engagement spike.By K. Bell, 06.08.2022
Instagram's latest algorithm tweak will 'value original content more'The change will discourage aggregation accounts.By K. Bell, 04.20.2022
Recommended Reading: Telegram is playing with fireThe week's best writing on technology and more. By B. Steele, 03.26.2022
TikTok will switch up For You recommendations to avoid 'repetitive patterns'It notes that some kinds of videos can be 'problematic if viewed in clusters.'By K. Holt, 12.16.2021
Twitter says its algorithms amplify the ‘political right’ but it doesn’t know whyThe company says further research is needed.By K. Bell, 10.21.2021
House bill would limit Section 230 protections for 'malicious' algorithmsDon't count on the measure reaching the President's desk.By J. Fingas, 10.14.2021