AI slop and enshittification are making the public social commons unbearable. The alternative pathways are more accessible ...

If Jesus does return — even if Jesus was a physical person in the past — you don’t think that he could return as artificial ...

In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time. In those days, Tesla ...

A deep learning algorithm called FaceAge could allow clinicians to improve their qualitative assessments, and possibly catch ...

The announcement marks the latest in a string of commitments from Musk to open-source the technology behind X's recommendation engine. Previous promises, however, have seen uneven ...

Microsoft and Linux are adding AI and Rust to their pipelines. Microsoft is leaning much harder into AI development than Linux. Both are expanding Rust, but neither OS will be fully Rust soon.

TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...

Retention analysts say Shorts older than 28-30 days are being deprioritized in recommendations. The reported shift affects channels ranging from 100 million to one billion monthly views. Creators warn ...

Landlords nationwide will face new limits on rent-pricing software under a federal settlement with RealPage Inc., according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The agreement, announced Monday, follows ...

Last week, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi’s remarkably swift media rehabilitation, and the response surprised me. That column argued that modern media rewards spectacle over substance, but it also hinted ...

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.

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ahead of the problem and keep our data secure. When you purchase through ...