Social media algorithms are a powerful feature of online life, serving up content to users based on their browsing habits or personal data. - Under Australia's new rules, social media giants must allow users to "opt out" of the algorithm.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anika Wells says social media companies should offer option to switch off algorithms [BBC] Australians would be able to switch off social media algorithms under draft legislation to be ...

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was shown to them. Now, social platforms are handing over ...

Every few years, drug development goes through a moment where a new technology promises to change everything. Artificial intelligence is having that moment now. Unlike some previous waves of hype, this one is grounded in something real, but only if we are honest about what it can and cannot do.

Australia said on ⁠Wednesday ⁠it sees no risk to ⁠its relationship with the United States after reports that the ​Trump administration criticised Canberra's plans to target social media algorithms, which critics say would curtail free ‌speech.