Researchers uncovered hidden biases in ChatGPT’s assessment of people from different places. See how the chatbot ranked your ...

If you're looking to shake things up in the new year, these streaming platforms will help you diversify your music-listening habits. 2026 approaches with our bright-eyed resolutions in tow. If you ...

2026 approaches with our bright-eyed resolutions in tow. If you spend any significant part of your day streaming music, 2025 may have left you rethinking those listening habits, especially if Spotify ...

Abstract: This review analyses studies on social media algorithm (SMA) literacy in K-12 education published between January 2015 and May 2024. An initial search identified 756 articles, which were ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Do you remember the early days of social media? The promise of connection, of democratic empowerment, of barriers crumbling and gates opening? In those heady days, the co-founder of Twitter said that ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Last year, fashion publications wrote extensively about the impact of the algorithm on personal style. (Vogue Business included.) In last year’s fashion conversation, ‘the algorithm’ surpassed its ...

Virgilio Almeida and coauthors, drawing from their book Algorithmic Insitutionalism, argue that recommendation algorithms can and should be governed democratically. "Algorithms are emerging ...

You might have heard that algorithms are in control of everything you hear, read, and see. They control the next song on your Spotify playlist, or what YouTube suggests you watch after you finish a ...