As social media becomes increasingly reliant on algorithmic feeds, creators are navigating a new normal: Just because you post something doesn’t mean your followers will see it. “I think that 2025 was ...

TikTok’s algorithm favors mental health content over many other topics, including politics, cats and Taylor Swift, according to a Washington Post analysis. At first, the mental health-related videos ...

Last week, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi’s remarkably swift media rehabilitation, and the response surprised me. That column argued that modern media rewards spectacle over substance, but it also hinted ...

New York City’s final location of the Cotton Club, inspired by the legendary Harlem haunt of Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, has listed for sale. The most recent iteration of the jazz venue, located ...

You’re reading Infinite Scroll, Kyle Chayka’s weekly column on how technology shapes culture. When did having lots of followers lose its inherent appeal? It’s a post-pandemic phenomenon. During the ...

Recursive Agents implements a three-phase iterative refinement architecture where LLM agents (instances of Classes) critique and improve their own outputs. Unlike single-pass systems, each agent ...

As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...

LinkedIn support accidentally revealed its algorithm: it tracks "viewer tolerance," reducing visibility for authors whose posts are consistently ignored. To succeed, diversify content types weekly, ...

Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But governments, including the U.S., have long tried to prevent their export. The ...