Meta says LLMs have historically leaned left and wants to remove that bias with Llama 4 to “understand and articulate both sides of a contentious issue”
Bias in artificial intelligence systems, or the fact that large language models, facial recognition, and AI image generators … Bluesky: @imnoexpert.com , @philipberne.com , and @caliban10 . X: @ericge...
In four new studies with collaboration from Meta, researchers find Facebook's algorithm is “influential” but doesn't necessarily change beliefs, and more
Ekeoma E. Uzogara Authors Info & Affiliations — pp. 386-387 Washington Post : Changing Facebook's algorithm won't fix polarization, new study finds Science : How do social media feed algorithms aff...
Experts say open sourcing Twitter's algorithm will not increase transparency because recommendation engines are complex and use an immense fire hose of data
Conservatives have long claimed discrimination by the social network, but there's no one algorithm that could prove it, researchers say Tweets: @chrismessina , @kevinmarks , @peterwsinger , @nbashaw ,...
As Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, and other right-wing commentators sour on Google, some push DuckDuckGo as an alternative, arguing Google suppresses COVID-19 results
The embrace by some conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists is part of a broader effort to shift people away from Big Tech. Tweets: @stuartathompson , @dancow , @jessepesta , @alicetiara , @...
Former Facebook employees describe tests of News Feed algorithm changes and their impact on left- and right-leaning news sites, with tweaks to favor the right
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Biden campaign steps up its criticism of Facebook, with an open letter to Zuckerberg and petition asking it to strengthen rules on misinformation
#MOVEFASTFIXIT After foreign operatives … Scott Nover / Adweek : Inside the Longshot Campaign to Get Advertisers to Ditch Facebook Ali Breland / Mother Jones : Facebook Employees Consider Work Stoppag...
US AG and officials from UK and Australia call on Facebook to stop plans for end-to-end encryption across its messaging apps, citing public safety risks
not just for us, but also for the billions living under tyranny who can't. https://twitter.com/... Chris Daw QC / @crimlawuk : If the authorities need to have the ability to invade privacy online, pur...
Following Trump's complaint about Twitter removing many people from his account, Twitter explains how its fake account removal policies make the service better
- Platform has been eliminating fake and abusive accounts — Conservatives have argued social media platformed biased
Zuckerberg won't give a straight answer on data downloads, refers to the Download Your Information tool that only provides a bit of what Facebook knows on you
but not what Facebook itself collects Russell Brandom / The Verge : Shadow profiles are the biggest flaw in Facebook's privacy defense Sara Fischer / Axios : Conservatives push censorship narrative du...