In 2017, algorithms are quietly shaping our day-to-day lives. Google advertises to us based on our search history and assumptions they make about what they think we want to buy. Streaming services ...

New research from Mozilla shows that user controls have little effect on which videos YouTube’s influential AI recommends. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm drives 70% of what people watch on the ...

The first line of defense against YouTube’s recommendations starts with its built-in feedback tools. The Not interested ...

Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop.

Google’s list of developments to YouTube Music in February and March is here and includes some notable additions (like to the radio algorithm) that weren’t already spotted. The YouTube Music team says ...

The second you start watching a video on YouTube, the site begins building an algorithm of your likes. While the goal of that is to show you content you want to see, it means you'll miss out on so ...