Your social media feed is designed to keep you scrolling. Most platforms rely on black-box algorithms to study what captures ...

If you’re going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. TikTok, and many other platforms, use a “black-box” algorithm — an AI recommendation system that studies what captures ...

Feed algorithms are not politically neutral. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature, using the ...

YouTube has quietly shared new details explaining how viewers can directly influence what appears in their recommendations.

If you’ve spent any time on Facebook lately, you may have seen a post claiming you can “reset the Facebook algorithm.” ...

When Elon Musk first proposed taking over Twitter, one the first changes he claimed he'd make would be “open-sourcing” Twitter’s algorithm. Last week, Twitter finally followed through on that promise, ...

For better accountability, we should shift the focus from the design of these systems to their impact. Describing a decision-making system as an “algorithm” is often a way to deflect accountability ...

If your dating app experience includes swiping through all the profiles in your area until you find yourself constantly feeling deja-vu, re-matching with the same users over and over again, or getting ...