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Your landlord might be using an algorithm to raise rents. If Kamala Harris has her way, that could be banned.
Kamala Harris wants to crack down on landlords who use rent-setting algorithms to allegedly collude…
Eliza Relman
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Competition Comm to conduct detailed study on AI; invites proposals from entities
Issuing the Request for Proposal (RFP) document to engage an agency/institution for conducting …
PTI
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What happens if TikTok is sold without the algorithm that drives the 'For You' page? It might not be so bad.
Maybe it actually wouldn't be SO bad if TikTok's video-recommendation engine didn't come along with…
Katie Notopoulos
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Explained: What are robo-advisors and should you use one for your investing decisions?
Robo-advisory services are still in their nascent stages of development in India. In terms of usage…
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A Florida Uber driver who makes $3,000 a month to supplement her healing business said driving is fulfilling but a headache: 'I'm flying by the seat of the algorithm'
Hiedi Handford, a medical consultant, supplements her income by driving for Uber in South Florida, …
Noah Sheidlower
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Microsoft removed a set of bizarre travel articles made with 'algorithmic techniques.' But it won't blame AI.
Microsoft said the articles were not published by "unsupervised AI" and blamed "human error." But t…
Nathan McAlone
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Ex-Facebook engineer reportedly suggested ending People You May Know recommendations of children to adults, but he says execs refused
An ex-Facebook staffer worried the feature could connect predators with children. Meta said his cla…
Aaron Mok
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Twitter to soon let users adjust algorithm: Elon Musk
Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said that the micro-blogging platform will provide users the abil…
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Former TikTok staff say it didn't care about its algorithm fueling riots and other viral frenzies, BBC report says
A BBC investigation linked engagement on TikTok and harmful behaviour, despite the platform often d…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Google opposed a shareholder proposal asking for more transparency around its AI algorithms
During Alphabet's 2023 shareholder meeting,Trillium Asset Management proposed asking the search gia…
Thomas Maxwell
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Netflix's 'Alice in Borderland' is getting a boost as the algorithm recommends it to 'Squid Game' fans
Netflix recommended "Alice in Borderland to more users after the success of the Korean-language ser…
Travis Clark
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Tenants and a top prosecutor have accused major landlords and a popular apartment-pricing site of colluding to inflate rents. A legal expert says it shows algorithmic collusion is no longer 'science fiction.'
Big landlords are using algorithmic pricing systems to set rents — and it might be illegal.
Eliza Relman
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Algorithms were supposed to be the future for finding new movies and music. But now we've realized they'll never replace your cool friend's recommendation.
Recommendations from Spotify and Netflix aren't good because the apps misunderstand where taste com…
Drew Austin
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A mother is suing TikTok because she says her daughter died from a choking challenge that was allegedly recommended by its algorithm
The challenge has resulted in at least four other deaths, according to a court document.
Weilun Soon
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YouTube's algorithm change successfully curbed misinformation ahead of the election — and boosted Fox News at the same time, new research has found
Researchers speculated this is because the algorithm now favors channels designated as authoritativ…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Instagram recommendation algorithms are pushing anti-vaxx and QAnon posts, NGO report says
The posts were found in the "Explore" and "Suggested Posts" features according to research by the C…
Marianne Guenot
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Want to prevent a civil war? Regulate social media algorithms, says an expert on political violence
Barbara F. Walter, a political scientist and expert on civil wars, said the "single easiest" way to…
Charles R. Davis
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Elon Musk says it's 'weird' that his name was found in Twitter's algorithm source code along with labels like 'Democrat' or 'Republican'
Twitter's algorithm appeared to identify whether a tweet was authored by Elon Musk and labeled twee…
Grace Kay
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YouTube recommended videos about guns, school shootings, and serial killers to researchers simulating accounts of young boys
The Tech Transparency Project found YouTube's recommendations algorithm pushed violent content to a…
Aaron McDade
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This chronically online writer believes he gamed Twitter's For You algorithm. Here's how he made his tweets go viral.
The first tweet in which he put his hypothesis to work got over 1,500 retweets and about half a mil…