YouTube Wants Your Help Identifying AI Slop on Its Platform

March 20, 2026 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google YouTube is starting to ask users ...

YouTube killed my comment alerts, so I vibe-coded a fix to get them back - in just 1 hour

With Gemini and a simple Python script, I rebuilt YouTube email alerts. Now I won't miss another comment. Here's how you can ...
The New York Times

How A.I.-Generated Videos Are Distorting Your Child’s YouTube Feed

The New York Times reviewed these clips, along with more than 1,000 other videos recommended to young children on YouTube, and found that the algorithm pushes bizarre, often nonsensical, ...
Phys.org

A few weeks of X's algorithm can make you more right-wing—and it doesn't wear off quickly

A new study published in Nature has found that X's algorithm—the hidden system or "recipe" that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order—shifts users' political opinions in a more ...
The Conversation

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right‑wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

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 ...
The Hollywood Reporter

YouTube Restored After Suffering Outage Tuesday Night

For an hour, users were met with the message, "Something went wrong. Try again." By Carly Thomas Senior Editor, Digital YouTube, which is owned by Google, suffered an outage Tuesday night. When trying ...
Forbes

YouTube: The Most Valuable Attention In Media That Brands Are Missing

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. YouTube is the Hunger Games of attention. Twenty million new videos compete for visibility ...
CNBC

Meta launches AI algorithm personalization feature for Threads

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 ...
Reuters

Chinese AI Algorithm Congzi to Be Released as Open Source

JINAN, China, February 11, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- On February 14, 2026, a major announcement was made: The original Chinese AI algorithm "Congzi" was officially released under an open-source license.
CNET

TikTok Ordered to Change Algorithm Over 'Addictive Design,' or Face a Hefty Fine

The EU is threatening to take action against the social media company. It could be the start of a global reckoning. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...
InfoQ

Expired Oracle Patent Opens Fast Sorting Algorithm to Open Source Databases

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