Spotify’s new taste profile feature lets users fine-tune their algorithm’s recommendations

You're responsible for your own Spotify algorithm now. On stage at SXSW, Spotify's co-CEO, Gustav Söderström, announced the ...
Dexerto

PewDiePie reveals how he ‘fixed’ YouTube’s algorithm using his own AI

PewDiePie “fixed” YouTube’s algorithm using his own AI by asking it to remove all Shorts and recommended videos.
Tech Xplore

Behind the feed: New research explores how social media algorithms shape our digital lives

Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you ...

TikTok and Meta risked safety to win algorithm arms race, whistleblowers say

Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.
ConsumerAffairs

Researchers launch major study into TikTok algorithm’s impact on teens

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week, defending his company against claims that ...
Forbes

The Humble Origins Of TikTok’s Almighty Algorithm

An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named ...
Wired

A New Quantum Algorithm Speeds Up Solving a Huge Class of Problems

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For computer scientists, solving problems is a bit like mountaineering. First they must choose a problem to solve—akin to identifying a ...
Yahoo

TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikTok appears to be changing hands, but what that means for users is up in the air. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images ...