Threads will let users speak to the algorithm

Threads is testing a public “Dear Algo” feature that lets users temporarily steer what their feed shows by posting requests directly to the algorithm. [...]

Jon M. Chu Says AI Couldn’t Have Made One of Wicked’s Best Moments

The Wicked: For Good director says being able to improvise on set allows for the kind of moments that are hard for machines to make. [...]

The Danger of Reducing America's Venezuela Invasion to a 60-Second Video

January 3 marked the return of US military intervention in Latin America. While the events unfolded between Caracas and Brooklyn, social networks had already fabricated their own reality. [...]

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone

Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits. [...]

Engadget Podcast: WTF is up with RAM? (With Will Smith from The Tech Pod)

RAM prices have gone wild, mostly thanks to AI. In this episode, Devindra chats with Will Smith (Brad and Will Made a Tech Pod) about the state of the RAM industry, as well as other hardware we expect [...]

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer brings levity to Westeros

"Every knight needs a squire, and you look like you need one more than most." [...]

Meta cuts deals with several news publishers for AI use

Meta has cut several deals with news publishers to help provide real-time data for its AI chatbot services, as reported by Axios. The commercial agreements will allow its Meta AI chatbots to better an [...]

Horses, the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype

First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas. [...]

Buying Warner Bros. Gives Netflix What It’s Always Needed: An Identity

The $83 billion deal gives the streamer a century’s worth of prestige television and movies, from Batman movies to Game of Thrones. It also ends the streaming wars. [...]