(ABC 6 News) – Instagram is giving users a rare look behind the curtain of its recommendation engine. The company just introduced a new AI powered tool called “Your Algorithm” that finally lets people see and control the topics shaping their Reels feed.

Instagram users now have a new way to clean up their feeds — and, if they want, nudge their Reels toward more family-friendly or faith-based content

Threads is testing a new way for users to manipulate their own recommendation algorithm.

We re-created TikTok’s algorithm based on 1,100 users’ feeds. Explore which topics are in your feed and see what the algorithm is least likely to show you.

In the battle for your attention, Instagram is betting that more control over the algorithm could keep you scrolling on Reels.

Spotify is testing a feature allowing some users to make AI-generated playlists with text prompts. It's now available in beta in New Zealand.

Rana Coniglio, an Arizona-based therapist who works primarily with Gen Z clients, said they often arrive at her practice already attached to a diagnosis they found on TikTok. Sometimes, that attachment makes it harder to accurately diagnose or make a treatment plan that could improve that person’s symptoms.

If a weird, throwaway, AI-generated playlist is something that interests you, you probably already know that you can just type your request into the chatbot of your choice, and transfer the result into something like Spotify or Apple Music manually.