The Verge

Spotify’s Prompted Playlists use AI to control your algorithm

With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly, exactly the way you want it.’ With its playlist chatbot, Spotify says you could ‘curate your next Discover Weekly ...
New York Post

Instacart caught using shady algorithm to charge different prices to individual customers — in the same stores, bombshell study reveals

Popular food delivery service Instacart has been using a shady algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same grocery items in the same supermarkets without telling them, ...
The New York Times

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

new video loaded: I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain transcript Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his ...
The New York Times

How ‘Stranger Things’ Defined the Era of the Algorithm

A nostalgic hit built out of vintage pop-culture references captured the “If you liked that, you’ll like this” spirit of Netflix. In the summer of 2016, streaming TV was still figuring itself out.
Today

All the Differences Between ‘Wicked: For Good’ and Act II of the Musical

Like its predecessor, “Wicked: For Good” more than doubles the runtime of Act II of the Broadway musical that inspired it. But unlike the first “Wicked” film, the sequel makes big additions to the ...
NPR

2 Senators want to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by algorithms

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...
SiliconANGLE

Neuron7 combines deterministic AI with autonomous reasoning to prevent agent hallucinations

Service intelligence startup Neuron7 Inc. said today it has come up with a solution to solve the reliability challenges that prevent enterprises from adopting artificial intelligence agents. That ...
InfoWorld

Agentic AI is complex, not complicated

There’s a lot of interest in and concern around the use of AI agents. For organizations grappling with whether and how to use agentic AI, I recommend considering the model from the perspective of ...
Reuters

US lawmaker says licensing deal for TikTok algorithm would raise serious concerns

WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The chair of the House Select Committee on China said Thursday that a licensing agreement for use of the TikTok algorithm, as part of a deal by China-based ByteDance to ...
CNN

TikTok’s algorithm will be overseen by Oracle in the US after the sale is completed

The White House has answered what had been one of the major outstanding questions regarding its pending deal to transfer TikTok’s US operations to a majority American ownership group: Under the ...
Ars Technica

“China keeps the algorithm”: Critics attack Trump’s TikTok deal

TikTok will not shut down on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump inches nearer to closing a deal with China that will most likely see the app’s majority ownership shift to US owners and US-based ...