Low-quality news links draw higher engagement, no matter the political slant online

The spread of dubious headlines on social media isn't just a right-wing thing—it's a social media thing, according to new ...

Instagram is finally giving you an easy way to teach its algorithm what you like

Instagram is testing a new feature that lets users customize the type of content they see in their Reels feed.
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MAP Algorithm for Frame Padding Length Estimation: A Classic Example of Decoding With Natural Redundancy in Protocols

Abstract: This letter aims to provide a general methodology for addressing forward error correction (FEC) issues in protocols. Taking the estimation of frame padding ...

Researchers find adding this one simple sentence to prompts makes AI models way more creative

The method, called Verbalized Sampling (VS), helps models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini produce more diverse and human-like outputs—without retraining or access to internal parameters. It is ...
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Comparing Logistic Regression Algorithm with K-Nearest Neighbor Algorithm to Extract Features from Images for Prescriptive Analysis of Mushroom Contamination

Abstract: In this project, we aimed to assess mushroom contamination by analyzing images using two different algorithms: a novel K-Nearest Neighbour algorithm and a traditional Logistic Regression ...

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...