New AI plugin uses Wikipedia’s AI writing detection rules to help it sound human

The source material is a guide from WikiProject AI Cleanup, a group of Wikipedia editors who have been hunting AI-generated ...

X open sources its algorithm while facing a transparency fine and Grok controversies

In 2023, the website then known as Twitter partially open sourced its algorithm for the first time. In those days, Tesla ...

Elon Musk says X's algorithm is 'dumb' and 'needs massive improvements' as he open-sources recommendation system

Elon Musk isn't a fan of X's algorithm, so he's documenting the company's efforts to improve the tech that decides what you ...
insideHPC

Argonne, MIT Using Open-Source Code for Nuclear and Fusion Energy Research

The award winning OpenMC software package is helping researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Massachusetts ...

Elon Musk Says X Algorithm Will Go Open Source

Musk promises full access to X’s recommendation code and recurring updates as regulators intensify scrutiny over feeds and ...
cointribune

Vitalik Buterin Calls For More Transparency On X

Algorithms decide what we see, but according to which rules? Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, directly challenges Elon Musk and denounces the opacity of X (ex-Twitter). In a context of ...
cryptopolitan

Vitalik Buterin proposes zero-knowledge proofs for social algorithms

Buterin proposes ZK proofs to verify social media algorithms without revealing code or user data. The framework shifts focus from moderation to provable algorithm behavior and on-chain timestamps. ZK ...
Law

The Goldilocks Problem: Trade Secret Protection for AI

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize the economy, courts are increasingly being asked to determine whether AI models and algorithms can be protected as trade secrets. Yet case ...
The Verge

Lawmakers want to let users sue over harmful social media algorithms

A new bill would hold social media platforms responsible for foreseeable algorithmic harms. A new bill would hold social media platforms responsible for foreseeable algorithmic harms. is a senior ...
Wall Street Journal

An Online Loophole That Promotes Violence

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, I asked Utahns to share their thoughts and feelings. Among the hundreds of messages that poured in, an alarming cohort spoke to the ...
AOL

Trump’s TikTok deal won’t cut off China’s algorithm, but it could give a lot of people a big payout

The first thing to understand about the TikTok deal is that it’s not actually a deal—at least not in any official capacity yet. Trump’s executive order Thursday simply delays the Chinese social media ...
cryptopolitan

Trump-China deal hands TikTok’s U.S. algorithm to Larry Ellison’s Oracle

Trump approved a deal handing control of TikTok’s U.S. algorithm to Oracle. Oracle will rebuild, retrain, and monitor the algorithm without ByteDance involvement. The new U.S.-based TikTok venture ...