Google’s content recommendation algorithm is a black box. Here’s how it decides what to show you
We only partly understand the systems that decide what news stories to show us. Tada Images/Shutterstock If you’re one of Google Discover’s millions of daily users, you’ve doubtless come across all manner of content without actively searching for it. A Spanish user, for instance, might see headlines promising to reveal the secret recipes of avant-garde chef Ferràn Adrià, what time 46 year-old TV presenter Pilar Rubio goes to bed, the latest unmissable deals from Lidl, or the new car that will…
Where: Netherlands
Exact coordinates
netherlands: 52.130, 5.290
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What might happen next? AI-generated
These scenarios are written by an AI language model from the headline and summary above. They are not predictions from the newsroom, and they are not evidence of anything. Every one is given a deadline and checked against later coverage, and the score is published on the ledger — including the ones that miss.
ForecastGeo shows the headline and summary published by the newsroom and places the story on a map. The full article lives at the source.