Can social media algorithms quietly shape the way people think about entire groups? This video explores the rise of ...

A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics suggests that highly accurate content recommendation algorithms might accidentally make our entertainment feel boring over time. The ...

New research suggests that artificial intelligence (AI)-powered algorithms like personalized searches, recommendation systems, and AI-powered curation can make us more isolated and polarized, or ...

X has open-sourced more of its ranking algorithm and introduced Under the Hood to give some users insight into visibility ...

Social networks have long used algorithms that select content based on user interests. However, a new study has shown that personalized recommendations can not only reflect a person's emotional state, ...

Companies, nonprofit organizations, and governments design algorithms to learn and predict user preferences. They embed these algorithms in recommendation systems that help consumers make choices ...

Social media platforms have been focused on giving people what they want. That is, giving people what they want ...

In a move that will please some of Instagram’s critics, the company will now allow users to reset the recommendation system that powers what they see in their feeds. “We want to make sure everyone on ...

X is opening more of the code behind its 'For You' feed and adding a tool that lets eligible users check whether labels on their accounts or posts could be limiting their visibility ...