The feature, called "Dear Algo," lets Threads users personalize what content they see by publicly posting an AI prompt.

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“GO ICE,” the teacher at West Chicago’s Gary Elementary School, posted on Facebook last week. Shortly after the post was made, activists in the predominantly Hispanic community quickly began sharing ...

Germany’s new coalition government wants Facebook to be more transparent about how its algorithms decide who sees what content. That might sound satisfying, but it is unlikely to stem the spread of ...

On this week’s episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his thoughts on the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. He examines the ...

Instagram is giving users a rare look behind the curtain of its recommendation engine. The company just introduced a new AI-powered tool called “Your Algorithm” that finally lets people see and ...

Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. is a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights has ruled that Meta engaged in gender-based discrimination via its algorithm that ...