TL;DR: Elon Musk says the algorithm that determines what appears in each user's X feed will be made public within a week – a move he claims will bring transparency to the platform's inner workings.

Spotify Technology SA will begin testing a new feature that allows users to type an idea for a playlist into the app and receive a unique set of songs based on their historical taste and behavior. The ...

Researchers at the University of Kent, UK, introduced LiteRBS (Lightweight and Rapid Bidirectional Search), a novel grid-based pathfinding algorithm designed for efficient and scalable navigation in ...

Meta announced on Tuesday a new Facebook algorithm update that will showcase more Reels videos tailored to users’ preferences. The update includes features that offer users greater control over the ...

Facebook's vice president of product, Jagjit Chawla, talks about how the platform treats AI-generated content and how you can see less of it. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial ...

People’s views are becoming more and more polarized, with “echo chambers”—social bubbles that reinforce existing beliefs—exacerbating differences in opinion. This divergence doesn’t just apply to ...

In an interview with Harvard Law Today, Noah Giansiracusa explains how companies deploy what some call "dynamic" or “surveillance pricing,” using individual customers' data as a primary algorithmic ...

Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and utilities category, with a focus on energy-saving advice, thermostats, and heating and cooling. Jon has more than a decade ...

Researchers have used the jellyfish search algorithm to optimize solar PV distributed generation placement and sizing. They have tested the algorithm on an IEEE 33-bus system, with one, two, or three ...

Google's search was once so ubiquitous that the verb "to google" is now synonymous with "look it up." Yet it's now more than ever that Google's hegemony is in question. Studies have suggested that ...

Google announced a new multi-vector retrieval algorithm called MUVERA that speeds up retrieval and ranking, and improves accuracy. The algorithm can be used for search, recommender systems (like ...