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Can Internet Algorithms Be Regulated? China Is Giving It a Shot. Chinese regulators are taking unprecedented steps to rein in the power of algorithms, the automated systems that shape the internet.
Most of the internet is out of your reach, but the barrier isn't just algorithms. In another language, the same platforms ...
Such viral videos, created in some cases within minutes, show how generative AI is brute-forcing internet algorithms, targeting platforms rather than people.
Adapting to the digital age is the music industry's new frontier. Social media algorithms make it difficult for artists to capture the culture.
Did the algorithm kill the pop star? What Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and 'Brat' tell us. Streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music have become the primary ways people consume music. What ...
As the internet expanded, and as the data it hosted proliferated, algorithms did much of their work by restoring scarcity to all of the abundance.
Scientists have discovered that certain harvester ants work the same way Internet protocols do. Discworld's Hex, anyone?