Netflix’s recommendation algorithm is one of the most closely guarded secrets in Silicon Valley. It’s the series of numbers and variables that suggests what viewers should watch next, and behind ...

YouTube’s recommendation algorithm no longer inadvertently sends people down a rabbit hole of extreme political content, researchers have found. Following changes to the algorithm in 2019, ...

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 ...

Today, I’m talking to Kyle Chayka, a staff writer for The New Yorker, a regular contributor to The Verge, and author of the new book Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture.Kyle has been ...