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Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI
According to the description, The Verge reports that Facebook's new Your Algorithm feature lets users add and manage topics they want to see in their feed and in Reels. Meta says recommendations update right away once users mark topics as interested or not interested. The description says the feature earlier launched on Instagram.
Why it matters
The same thing, for different readers.
What it means for you
Facebook users can steer their own feed by choosing topics, per the description, which may change what appears in their feed and Reels.
For lawmakers
A platform giving users direct topic controls bears on debates about recommendation transparency; the description says nothing about the data used or how the AI decides.
The record
- Questions
- How is AI changing childhood, health and daily life?
- People
- Stevie Bonifield (Wrote it)
- What we read
- We have read only the description the publisher gives. No quotations until someone reads the source itself.
- Found by
- The Radar, run of October 14, 2026, via
the-verge-ai(tier 2: a major outlet’s own reporting) - Cite this
- The Verge, “Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI”, October 13, 2026. Entry in the Ctrl AI Base, https://ctrlai.com/base/verge-2026-10-13-facebook-your-algorithm-ai
Our notesLight lane: written from the triage title, author and description only; nothing fetched, no source text saved, no quotations. A person should read the source before this is published. The description is cut off mid-sentence and relays Meta's claims; we have not seen Meta's announcement. It says the feature uses AI but not how, or what data it uses.