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Netflix's Algorithm Is Terrible. Use These Secret Codes to Find Something Watchable

Let's be real: You're tired of Netflix's terrible recommendations. You scroll and scroll, only to be shown the same handful of shows the algorithm thinks you'll like ...
The Verge

TikTok is reportedly splitting its source code to create a US-only algorithm

TikTok denied a Reuters report that engineers are cloning the recommendation algorithm to let it work full independently of its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. TikTok denied a Reuters report that ...
Ars Technica

Twitter posts the code it claims determines which tweets people see, and why

Twitter has made good on one of CEO Elon Musk’s many promises, posting on a Friday afternoon what it claims is the code for its tweet recommendation algorithm on GitHub. The code, posted under a GNU ...
Gizmodo

Twitter’s Recommendation Algorithm Is Now Open Source

Today is the day: In an effort to boost transparency between the public and the social media platform, CEO Elon Musk has made Twitter’s recommendation algorithm open source…for some reason. It would ...
Mashable

Twitter's algorithm specifically tracks how Elon Musk's tweets are doing

Twitter has released part of its source code for its recommendation algorithm. It shows how it specifically tracks how Elon Musk's tweets are doing. Credit: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via ...
The Pioneer on MSN

Algorithms: The new weapons of power

In a world where machines can code, true intelligence lies in designing the logic that drives them. The future belongs to those who think independently, critically and algorithmically, not ...
Engadget

Twitter’s recommendation algorithm is now on GitHub

Nearly a year after Elon Musk first floated the idea of making Twitter’s recommendation algorithm public, the company has posted the source code for its recommendation algorithm on GitHub. In a ...
Bleeping Computer

Twitter open-sources recommendation algorithm code

Twitter announced on Friday that it's open-sourcing the code behind the recommendation algorithm the platform uses to select the contents of the users' For You timeline. However, the code made public ...
Shacknews

Twitter recommendation algorithm source code has been posted to GitHub

One of the many promises Elon Musk made after taking over Twitter was that he would open source Twitter’s algorithm, something that the social media company notoriously kept private before his tenure.
Nature

Convolutional Codes and Decoding Algorithms

Convolutional codes represent a cornerstone in modern communications, offering a method for continuously encoding data streams to mitigate errors due to interference and noise. These codes operate by ...
Slate

The Kidney Transplant Algorithm’s Surprising Lessons for Ethical A.I.

This article is adapted from Voices in the Code: A Story About People, Their Values, and the Algorithm They Made, out Sept. 8 from Russell Sage Foundation Press. In May 2021, I got a call I never ...