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All About the Algorithm TV in 2023 explicitly and subliminally cast doubt on the sparkling future of streaming television.
The TikTok algorithm quickly responds to your inputs, constantly learning what you like and dislike, to ultimately serve you more of whatever will keep you watching.
IceCube works by watching for the rare moment when a neutrino collides with an atom in Antarctic ice. Such a collision ...
Algorithms may entrench our biases, homogenize and flatten culture, and exploit and suppress the vulnerable and marginalized. But these aren’t completely inscrutable systems or inevitable outcomes.
Adam Aleksic talks about his new book 'Algospeak,' which details how algorithms are changing our vocabulary; plus, we check in with Hennessy + Ingalls bookstore.
The mystery of TikTok was never the algorithm but rather the user’s willingness to take bait, over and over, until it became a meal.
Some of the algorithms that attract the least attention are capable of inflicting the most harm—for example, algorithms that are woven into the fabric of government services and dictate whether ...
One computer scientist’s “stunning” proof is the first progress in 50 years on one of the most famous questions in computer science.
They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a remarkable window in the hidden engines powering social media.
The most dominant algorithms aren’t the ones choosing what songs Spotify serves you.
Companies are using technology to collude on prices, and our laws need updating to stop it.