ChatGPT ran 50,000 tournament simulations, weighed efficiency ratings, coaching tendencies, and upset history — then asked me ...

In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...

Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

Meta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called "Dear Algo" that lets Threads users personalize their content-recommendation algorithms. Threads users will be able to tell the Dear Algo tool what kinds ...

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...

A $1 billion plan to provide more water during droughts to Santa Clara County and parts of the Central Valley by expanding one of California’s largest reservoirs has received a rare and unusual boost: ...

X is revamping the algorithm that ranks posts in the "For You" feed. The engineering team said it will post changes to the algorithm on GitHub every four weeks, including explainers on changes. The ...

A construction controversy is building over the massive Sites Reservoir that could help solve California's water-storage problem. With Barnard Construction set to be recommended and selected by the ...

A new study pinpoints the main cause of harmful algal blooms in Blue Mesa Reservoir, and includes a recommendation for a minimum water level to prevent them. A study released in December by scientists ...

When it rains, it pours. And that’s good news for California’s water supply. After a relatively slow start to the winter rainy season, a series of atmospheric river storms has sent hundreds of ...