On Friday, sources within the State Duma told Moscow daily, Kommersant, that a new bill to be introduced later this year will oblige American tech giants such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, as well as domestic-made networks like VK, to allow their users to disable algorithms that create specialized, …
Read More »In algorithms we trust? Twitter draws criticism over potential new ‘misinformation warning’ system
Tech blogger Jane Manchun Wong, who is known for reverse engineering apps to find hidden features, revealed on Monday that she had come across a tiered warning label system that Twitter is toying with, apparently in an effort to expand its crackdown on ‘misinformation’. According to Wong, Twitter could potentially …
Read More »People trust algorithms more than other human beings, study finds. Who do they think programs those computers?
In an era where humans are hamstrung by fear of bias, it’s easier to delegate certain tasks to computers, especially if the task is particularly trying or difficult. Certainly it’s hard to believe a seemingly-impartial silicon chip could be anything other than immune to the social pressures of human interaction …
Read More »Humans now trust algorithms more than each other, according to new research
The premise of the study was simple: some 1,500 participants were shown photos and asked to count the number of people in them. The participants were able to take suggestions from a computer algorithm or the averages of guesses from their fellow humans in order to complete the task, which …
Read More »Democrats demand Facebook, Twitter & YouTube change algorithms to stop ‘polluting minds of American people’
Representatives Anna Eshoo and Tom Malinowski wrote letters demanding change to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. A similar letter was sent to the CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai, and Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, which is owned by Google. “For years, social media companies have allowed …
Read More »Smartphone OnePlus 5T got the new algorithms camera
Smartphone OnePlus 5T as his earlier version of the OnePlus 5, enters into the five of the best camera phones in 2017, because he takes, without exaggeration, perfect. As it became known, OnePlus itself with the quality of the pictures was displeased, and today for its new flagship it produced …
Read More »Network fun over the mysterious Russia and riddle algorithms
The journalist told about the passport control in Russia. A well-known journalist Victoria Ivleva laugh network story about passport control on the Russian territory, telling about the secret algorithms and their mysterious life in Russia. The relevant story was published in Facebook Russian journalist. “I returned just recently from America. …
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