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Mark Zuckerberg set the internet abuzz this week when the Meta CEO announced that the tech giant would no longer conduct independent fact-checking. The program, implemented in 2016, will be replaced ...

Meta is taking a page straight out of X's playbook on fact-checking. Meta said Thursday it'll use the open-source algorithm of X for its new community notes model. Its moderation overhaul, announced ...

Meta plans to test out X’s algorithm for Community Notes to crowdsource fact-checks that will appear across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. In a blog, Meta said the testing in the US would begin ...

In an attempt to reduce the workload of GPs, the UK is planning to introduce a new National Health Service (NHS) algorithm that will enable self-issued sick notes. The move is part of the government’s ...

Meta is introducing a new fact-checking program to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads next week called Community Notes, which allows users to add context to posts. Meta stated on Thursday that it would ...

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk were once poised to fight in a cage match in 2023, before Zuckerberg called it off, saying that ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 64, No. 2 (FEBRUARY 2013), pp. 276-282 (7 pages) The problem of setting the parameter values of a metaheuristic algorithm that optimise its ...

Frances Haugen’s testimony at the Senate hearing today raised serious questions about how Facebook’s algorithms work—and echoes many findings from our previous investigation. On Sunday night, the ...