By Jim Berk Whether by design or by quiet submission to a rapidly-evolving digital landscape, the world’s largest social ...

As social media platforms increasingly rely on algorithms to moderate content, online communities are changing how they speak to evade their censors. Sensitive or suggestive topics such as suicide and ...

Three new books warn against turning into the person the algorithm thinks you are. Like a lot of Netflix subscribers, I find that my personal feed tends to be hit or miss. Usually more miss. The ...

In September 2025, news outlets reported that families of American teenagers who died by suicide were suing OpenAI, Meta, and Character.AI. Their allegation: company products had simulated friendship, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. “Not All Algorithms are AI” is a three-part deep dive into the evolution of algorithms, what ...

I’m David Gilbert, a reporter on WIRED’s Politics desk covering disinformation and online extremism. I’m filling in for Makena this week, and wanted to talk about reality. Not in the sense of whether ...

Christian singles aren’t going to church to find life partners. They’re swiping on the apps. The first time Alex Entz saw his future wife, she was behind a paywall. The popular dating app Hinge had ...

Footage of Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey warning social media users about what they become while scrolling resurfaced this ...

“Our focus with AI is to help create more healthy and equitable relationships.” Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and executive chair of the dating app Bumble, leans in toward her Bloomberg Live ...

Shopify reports that BookTok is transforming book sales, with a surge in subscription services and curated book clubs, ...

There are two layers to the TikTok algorithm. First, there is the abstract layer that defines the outcome developers wish to accomplish. An internal document shared with The New York Times specified ...