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The European Commission said preliminary findings show TikTok's recommendation algorithm creates a 'rabbit hole effect,' repeatedly exposing users to content tied to sadness, isolation, or body image. The Commission says TikTok's existing mitigation controls are insufficient and the platform must redesign its For You feed or risk fines up to 6 percent of global annual turnover.
Netflix is rolling out a new 'AI Discover' tab in its TV app that groups recommendations under themes such as 'Something Light,' 'Family Movie Night,' or 'Quick Watches.' Users can reject suggestions they dislike, and Netflix says the system will remember that feedback going forward. The feature is powered by what the company calls a new 'intelligence layer' and is initially rolling out to English-language US users on supported TVs.
A developer used Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 model to build HackerTube.org, a YouTube-style site populated only with videos that commenters recommended on Hacker News. The project scraped HN comments from 2007-2026, filtered roughly 40,000 video recommendations down to 6,454 videos across 150 topics using Claude Sonnet, then wrapped the results in a YouTube-like interface with custom recommendations stored locally rather than via user accounts.
YouTube is rolling out Custom Feeds, a feature that lets viewers create and save multiple recommendation feeds using conversational prompts, such as one for wind-down documentaries or commute podcasts. These feeds appear on the Homepage and refresh automatically with new suggestions. The feature expands on a prior experiment and will launch this fall for US users on web, mobile, and TV.
Spotify has launched its 'Taste Profile' feature to Premium subscribers aged 18 and up in the United States, after debuting it in beta in New Zealand earlier this year. The tool lets users see how Spotify's AI interprets their listening habits and adjust it using natural-language requests to change what gets recommended in feeds like Discover Weekly, Made for You, and Wrapped.
In a Decoder interview, comedian and podcaster Adam Conover traces his path from CollegeHumor through cable's Adam Ruins Everything and Netflix back to YouTube, where he now runs a podcast called Factually! He contends Hollywood abandoned large swaths of TV programming to YouTube while chasing Netflix and HBO-style prestige, and rejects the notion that this shift democratized media.