In September 2025, news outlets reported that families of American teenagers who died by suicide were suing OpenAI, Meta, and Character.AI. Their allegation: company products had simulated friendship, ...
What changes when algorithms interact with algorithms, and what to do about it. A new business infrastructure is emerging with enormous potential impact but almost no conscious design. In this new ...
There are two layers to the TikTok algorithm. First, there is the abstract layer that defines the outcome developers wish to accomplish. An internal document shared with The New York Times specified ...
If people think platforms remove their content too much now, they should expect to see the pattern significantly intensify with this law,” Shoshana Weissmann, director of digital media at the R Street ...
A proposal that was shaping up as the Portland City Council’s first major policy enactment experienced a setback when the lead sponsor pulled it from consideration at the last minute. In a unanimous ...