A new study shows that X’s ‘For you’ algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes traditional media, effectively ...

When X's engineering team published the code that powers the platform's "for you" algorithm last month, Elon Musk said the move was a victory for transparency. "We know the algorithm is dumb and needs ...

The move comes months after Musk open-sourced parts of X’s recommendation system, with the aim of improving transparency.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...