Unethical brain rot: why are millions watching AI fruits have affairs on TikTok?

This new wave of AI short dramas is absurdly addictive. Understanding the psychology is the first step towards breaking the ...

Technical SEO for generative search: Optimizing for AI agents

Control how AI bots access your site, structure content for extraction, and improve your chances of being cited in ...
Phys.org

Quantum algorithm beats classical tools on complement sampling tasks

Quantum computers—devices that process information using quantum mechanical effects—have long been expected to outperform classical systems on certain tasks. Over the past few decades, researchers ...
The Conversation

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right‑wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...
CSOonline

Software supply chain risks join the OWASP top 10 list, access control still on top

There were some changes to the recently updated OWASP Top 10 list, including the addition of supply chain risks. But old standbys, like broken access control, are still at the top. Software supply ...
Mashable

Threads will let users speak to the algorithm

Threads is testing a new way for users to manipulate their own recommendation algorithm. The feature, aptly called "Dear algo," allows users to post a message to the algorithm with the note "dear algo ...
NPR

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
techtimes

Instagram Introduces a Way to 'Tune' Algorithm on the Platform—First on Reels, Then Explore

Instagram is back with a new feature that will allow users to "tune" their algorithm to only display the content they prefer to see, which will be first made available to Reels. The feature is still ...
Supply Chain Management Review

Beyond the algorithm: How Uber Freight is using AI to redefine logistics

Artificial intelligence has become the loudest conversation in logistics, but at Uber Freight, the technology has been part of the company’s DNA from the beginning. Speaking with Supply Chain ...
WHYY

Will AI kill human creativity?

Would you watch a movie generated entirely by AI? Or read a novel authored by an algorithm? Examples of AI-generated art are pretty astounding. The latest release of OpenAI’s Sora video generation ...