Seoul newsroom films a week inside the algorithm
Five days with the team that decides what a recommendation system is allowed to optimise for, and the editors who audit it afterwards.
Jonas Reed
Technology editor
12 stories filed, mostly in technology and culture. Page 1 of 2.
Stories by Jonas Reed
Santiago observatories learn to share a crowded sky
Satellite trails are now a routine line in the observing log, and the fix is turning out to be a scheduling agreement rather than a telescope upgrade.
Dublin studios turn a design brief into public policy
Service design has crept from the agency pitch deck into the statute book, and the people writing the forms are now writing the rules.
Taipei chipmakers become the new diplomatic calendar
Factory tours and supplier meetings are now part of statecraft as governments compete for reliable semiconductor capacity.
Seoul firms test AI assistants with human rules
The newest workplace pilots are less about replacing staff and more about deciding what machines should never decide.
Oslo classrooms test a public data trust
A pilot program gives families more control over learning records while researchers ask whether consent can scale.
Amsterdam labs write rules for public robots
Engineers and city lawyers are testing delivery machines with slower speeds, clearer signals, and public appeal channels.
Tallinn hospitals share a safer cloud record
A new clinical data exchange is trying to make handoffs faster without asking patients to give up meaningful consent.
Nairobi solar grids learn to forecast demand
Neighborhood batteries and better weather models are helping small operators plan for the evening power surge.