Do you ever wonder why your social media posts never seem to get shown to all of your followers? I mean … how do social media algorithms work anyway? You spend time building your connections ...

They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a remarkable window in the hidden engines powering social media.

A study led by Myojung Chung exposes how a deeper understanding of social media algorithms leads individuals to be more wary of misinformation. "It’s important to create algorithm literacy programs ...

Our study suggests that educating people about how algorithms work and how information is selected on social media could be a promising alternative; by understanding algorithms better, people may be ...

How TikTok algorithms work in 2024 Tik Tok’s algorithms are based on a recommendation system. The app is increasingly insistent on telling viewers what the system thinks they want to see.

AI systems can appear to be black boxes – often, even experts don’t know how systems reach their conclusions. The nascent field of “explainable AI” aims to address this problem.