YouTube’s powerful recommendation algorithm may be “optimizing for outrageous, salacious and often fraudulent content” or easily manipulated by “bad actors, including foreign intelligence entities,” a ...

Researchers from University of Texas-Austin and Copenhagen Business School published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that offers actionable guidance to managers on the deployment of algorithms ...

Consumers are less forgiving of brand failures when algorithms are anthropomorphized, use machine learning, or are used for subjective or interactive tasks. Researchers from University of Texas-Austin ...

With real-time algorithm updates becoming the norm in place of manual releases, what issues might arise? Columnist Patrick Stox examines some potential effects of faster algorithm updates. Every ...

Music platforms have just released their annual summaries of what each user listens to most. A researcher of their algorithms ...

In Dominic Cummings and Boris Johnson’s new-look Whitehall, spin doctors, civil servants and political strategies are out and algorithms are in. Nothing has exposed how badly that ideology is faring ...

There are algorithms all around us. They suggest which route to take, what song to listen to next, and what articles we might like. The algorithms that author and data scientist Cathy O’Neil is most ...

Cryptographic algorithms are the backbone of secure data and communication. When deployed correctly, public-key algorithms have generally helped safeguard data against attacks. However, industry ...

Google has developed a new algorithm that will (hopefully) not reward businesses with bad customer service, a move made in response to a New York Times story about a business with a troubling ...

YouTube may be susceptible to “manipulation by bad actors,” says Virginia Senator Mark Warner, and he’s not talking about Logan Paul. “Companies like YouTube have immense power and influence in ...