S6:E6 - TikTok’s Algorithm, JetBrain’s Fleet IDE, Timnit Gebru’s New Research Institution, and More

In this episode, we talk about Timnit Gebru’s new research institute, researcher’s contentious relationship with Facebook, and a company that has been secretly helping governments track people’s mobile phones. Then we chat with Dennis Ushakov, Fleet Developer at JetBrains, about Fleet, the company’s new IDE. Finally, we speak with Julian McAuley, computer science professor at the University of California San Diego, about an internal TikTok document the New York Times obtained titled, TikTok Algo 101.

Show Notes

• Starport (DevNews) (sponsor)
• DevDiscuss (sponsor)
• CodeNewbie (sponsor)
• Microsoft 30 Days to Learn It (DevNews) (sponsor)
• Cyberpunk 2077, Timnit Gebru’s Firing, GitHub’s ‘State of the Octoverse,’ and Google’s New Chip
• Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
• Investigating Facebook: a fractious relationship with academia
• Swiss Firm Executive Operates Secret Surveillance Operation, Sources Say
• Fleet
• How TikTok Reads Your Mind

Dennis Ushakov

Dennis is a JetBrains Fleet Marine, ex-WebStorm team lead, bug basher, and tyres killer.

Julian McAuley

Julian is a professor of machine learning in the computer science department at the University of California San Diego. His new book, Personalized Machine Learning, published with Cambridge University Press, is currently in press.

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