Breaking Taps on MSNOpinion

A problem so hard even Google relies on random chance

Today we're looking at HyperLogLog, an algorithm that leverages random chance to count the number of distinct items are in a ...
The Verge

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ feature lets you tell the algorithm what you want to see

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you want to tweak what’s on your feed, you can make a post and ask. If you want to tweak what’s on your feed, ...
CNBC

Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads

Meta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called "Dear Algo" that lets Threads users personalize their content-recommendation algorithms. Threads users will be able to tell the Dear Algo tool what kinds ...
Santa Clara University

On Biased Humans and Algorithms

Irina Raicu is the director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics) at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. The following is a lightly edited version of comments made as part ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...