We’re excited for the release of II member @lucab.phd ’s upcoming book, "Hidden Influences: How Algorithmic Recommenders Shape Our Lives."
It's a must-read for anyone interested in understanding how recommender systems work and how they can be improved.
bit.ly/3NgQZnG
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the three stage of research
you probably know your social feeds aren't random.
but why you're suddenly getting cat memes isn’t always obvious.
often, it's due to it's recommender systems.
in our new MEAP, hidden influences, @lucab.phd shares his take from working with 'em at Twitter.
get it half off: hubs.la/Q03XnNbz0
Looking forward to next year, hopefully with an accepted paper? 🤞
* I am very grateful to have attended and had a lot of interesting chats and connections
* evals are top of mind for everyone, and so is mental health
* the location was great: not only the weather was nice but being able to walk in a real city with real things makes such a huge difference
* it’s always surprising to spot famous names randomly in the halls, or, in my case the same elevator!!
* the real value is on the side events and connecting with the people
Heading back from NeurIPS after a very intense week. Some personal thoughts:
* the conference is huge, with 29k attendees total (including virtual). It’s very overwhelming especially if you have fomo
* at the same time it’s also very humbling to be surrounded by so many great minds
the aftermath
blue tron is the best tron
my ai will write my review so your ai can score it
why did it take so long?
My contribution for the @techpolicypress.bsky.social and @datasociety.bsky.social series “Ideologies of Control” where we explore the relationship between power and democracy
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LLMs are powerful tools that are being used to automate more and more tasks. When nuances are important—such as in content moderation—we should ask a lot of questions about their impacts on human rights.
@ecnl.bsky.social wrote a great report, where I offered some comments. Read it below:
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Drawing on my own experience in auditing Twitter's systems (from the inside), I explore the crucial role business leaders can play in navigating these emerging challenges.
Audits are going to be a more critical business practice, especially given the increasing regulatory requirements. However they are not a straightforward and linear process, rather a web of different decisions. By their nature, they don't only bring technical challenges, but organizational ones.
I wrote about Algorithmic Audits for Harvard Business Review!
hbr.org/2025/03/what...
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per my previous email
Hulu that's not how words work
earthquake?
The Italian Data Protection Authority @gpdp.it t has requested information to DeepSeek to confirm what data is collected and used. A similar move happened with ChatGPT in 2023, just before incognito mode was introduced.
www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/...
i do wonder a lot if things would have gone differently if we had an union
wow they didn't even change the subject of the email
