Google quietly published a research paper on personalized semantics for recommender systems like Google Discover and YouTube.

Everyday decisions, from which products to buy, movies to watch and restaurants to try, are more and more being put in the hands of a new source: recommendation systems. Recommendation systems are ...

We engage with automation and machine learning every day in ways we may not realize. Consider the most common online habits: browsing social media, shopping on Amazon or binge-watching on Netflix.

Algorithmic recommendation systems on social media sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have shouldered much of the blame for the spread of misinformation, propaganda, hate speech, conspiracy ...

These days, when it comes to capturing and holding an audience’s attention you must deliver the most relevant content possible. Whether searching for jobs or something more important, like looking at ...

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