TikTok's fate in the U.S. could hinge on who controls its algorithm

TikTok's algorithm is the "secret sauce" behind the app's success, experts say. U.S.-China talks over the app's ownership ...

Threads is developing a tool that lets you ‘tag’ its algorithm to configure your feed

On Threads, the algorithm-configuration feature is tied to Instagram’s larger efforts to revamp its main app to emphasize ...

TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store

There are two layers to the TikTok algorithm. First, there is the abstract layer that defines the outcome developers wish to accomplish. An internal document shared with The New York Times specified ...
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‘Algospeak’ looks at algorithms' transformative impact on how we speak on and offline

Words like "rizz" and "skibidi" didn’t exist just a few years ago, but now they’re used and understood by millions of people. In his new book, Algospeak, linguist and content creator Adam Aleksic ...
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Elon Musk says X’s algorithm will run fully on AI by November

AI CEO Elon Musk has said that by November, the algorithm powering his social media platform X will run entirely on artificial intelligence (AI). Musk was responding to a post by Nikita Bier, X’s head ...