Kyle Chayka's newest book explores how online algorithms have shaped modern culture, ... made his budding interest in Coltrane possible in a way modern recommendation systems cannot.

I calculate that the similarity between Book and DVD is 0.56, between Book and Toy 0.82, between Book and Jeans 0.70. Therefore David, on visiting Book, would be recommended Toy, Jeans and DVD in ...

Three new books warn against turning into the person the algorithm thinks you are. Like a lot of Netflix subscribers, I find that my personal feed tends to be hit or miss. Usually more miss. The ...

In March 2023 Twitter, now called X, publicized its recommendation algorithm on GitHub, along with an explanation of how the system works: for content to appear in a person’s timeline, the best ...

Amazon’s book recommendation algorithms that help customers discover new titles may have a dark side.. A new report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue says these algorithms steer people ...

Netflix developed a new machine learning algorithm based on reinforcement learning to create an optimal list of recommendations considering a finite time budget for the user. In a recommendation use c ...

The online systems that make recommendations to us often rely on their digital footprint — our clicks, views, purchases, and other digital footprints — to infer our preferences. But this means ...