It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

The time has come when views on Tik Tok are the top priority, when adults don’t fall asleep without watching popular videos, and children start filming on Tik Tok before they have learned to connect ...

This post was co-authored by Vinícius Ferraz, Chief Data & AI Officer at ILI.DIGITAL AG. In today's world, algorithms are everywhere—curating our Spotify playlists, suggesting YouTube videos, and even ...

“It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion.” But what if we redesigned social media to bridge divides?

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

A new book by Kyle Chayka titled "Filterworld" examines the profound influence of algorithmic recommendations on user experiences in the constantly changing social media platform landscape. He ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

An artificial-intelligence algorithm that discovers its own way to learn achieves state-of-the-art performance, including on some tasks it had never encountered before. Joel Lehman is at Lila Sciences ...