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Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI

Meta's Your Algorithm tool, already live on Instagram, lets users add and manage topics for Facebook feeds and Reels; the fish photos remain unaddressed.

On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on BBN Newsroom
Published 1:15 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Photo: Facebook — Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by The Verge: “Facebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 1:15 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: AI.

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The VergeFacebook will let you customize your feed algorithm using AI

What BBN said about it

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFacebook's new Your Algorithm tool lets you add topics to your feed and Reels, and Meta says recommendations respond right away when you tap interested or not interested.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo I can finally tell it I'm done with my cousin's fishing photos?

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