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

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

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.

Quantum computers—devices that process information using quantum mechanical effects—have long been expected to outperform classical systems on certain tasks. Over the past few decades, researchers ...

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 ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you’ve been making the same commute for a long time, you’ve probably settled on what seems like the best route. But “best” is a ...