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Taking back the algorithm: Social media platforms are restoring users’ control of their feeds
Social media platforms are giving users more power to control their feeds, block unwanted topics, and take back control of what they see online—but will AI finally listen?
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion in New Mexico case over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Meta faces a staggering $25 billion penalty over alleged privacy deception tied to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, even as booming AI investments fuel its business growth.
Even LinkedIn is getting tired of your AI-written posts
LinkedIn is cracking down on AI-generated “slop” flooding professional feeds, using smarter detection tools and human-centered content strategies to push generic posts aside and bring authentic voices back to the platform.
Apple explains last year’s controversial decision to remove ICE tracking apps from app store
Apple says it removed ICE-tracking apps over agent-safety concerns, while Rep. Jamie Raskin questions whether the decision infringed on users’ First Amendment rights.
Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade
New York City is putting the brakes on AI in classrooms for nearly 600,000 younger students—but will limiting the technology protect learning or hold it back? 🤖📚
People are flooding AI chatbots with health questions. Microsoft is teaming up with Mayo Clinic to help
Microsoft and Mayo Clinic are partnering to build a medical AI model aimed at improving the accuracy of health advice for patients and clinicians.
A spin-off deal saved TikTok’s US future. Sen. Ed Markey is questioning if it puts national security at risk
Sen. Ed Markey is demanding answers from TikTok and Oracle, arguing the app’s US ownership deal may still leave Americans vulnerable to Chinese influence.
This new tech could save old languages from dying out
Like many of the young people in her Indigenous Anishinaabe community in the upper peninsula of Michigan, Danielle Boyer grew up speaking only a little of her people’s native language, Anishinaabemowin.
‘You never want to leave:’ TikTok employees raise concerns about the app’s impact on teens in newly unsealed video
Current and former TikTok employees have raised concerns internally about how the app’s popular algorithm could hurt young users’ mental health, a newly unsealed video presented as evidence in a North Carolina lawsuit against the company shows.
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YouTube will begin guessing users’ ages using artificial intelligence on Wednesday, as part of an effort to prevent kids from accessing inappropriate content online.
