Engadget

X's 'open source' algorithm isn't a win for transparency, researchers say

The X logo appears on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NurPhoto via Getty Images) When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's ...
IEEE

Adaptive Kernighan-Lin Algorithm for Efficient Power Grid Partitioning in Distributed Security-Constrained Unit Commitment

Abstract: With the expansion of power system scale and the integration of virtual power plants (VPPs), the computational speed of power system optimization problems struggles to meet the growing ...
IEEE

Multipartition Core Clustering algorithm in Ad-Hoc NoCs based on Broadcast Algebra

Abstract: This work presents an algebraic reformulation of the Kernighan–Lin (KL) algorithm for graph partitioning, using broadcast operators and tensorial structures. This unified formulation allows ...
Business Insider

Elon Musk says X's algorithm is 'dumb' and 'needs massive improvements' as he open-sources recommendation system

X is revamping the algorithm that ranks posts in the "For You" feed. The engineering team said it will post changes to the algorithm on GitHub every four weeks, including explainers on changes. The ...
IEEE

Spatially-Optimized Split Bandwidth Assignment for ICI Mitigation in Dense 5G NR Network Using the Modified Kernighan-Lin Algorithm

Abstract: Due to the increasing demand for mobile data, mobile network operators typically rely on cell densification to meet sufficient network capacity. However, doing so also introduces increased ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Elon Musk Says X to Make Algorithm Open Source in Seven Days

Social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public in seven days, Elon Musk said on Saturday, including the code used to decide what posts and advertisements are recommended to users.
Forbes

How Prediction Markets Are Becoming Financial Infrastructure

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a business reporter and the founder of Vivid Minds. "Prediction markets… do a very, very good job at distilling information ...
Mashable

Threads will let users speak to the algorithm

Threads is testing a new way for users to manipulate their own recommendation algorithm. The feature, aptly called "Dear algo," allows users to post a message to the algorithm with the note "dear algo ...
NPR

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
The Drive

Is the Government Making an Example Out of WhistlinDiesel?

Cody Detwiler, aka WhistlinDiesel on YouTube, was arrested last week over alleged tax evasion. Specifically, his home state of Tennessee took issue with a Ferrari F8 Tributo he bought in 2023 and ...
Forbes

The Secret Life Of Algorithms

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...