FM-Intent is a novel recommendation model introduced by Netflix to predict user intents and enhance next-item recommendations through hierarchical multi-task learning.
The model aims to enrich the understanding of user sessions by incorporating the prediction of underlying user intents, offering a more nuanced recommendation experience.
FM-Intent utilizes implicit signals from user interaction metadata to predict various user intents related to actions, genre preferences, movie/show types, and time-since-release.
The model architecture of FM-Intent involves three main components: input feature sequence formation, user intent prediction using a Transformer encoder, and next-item prediction with hierarchical multi-task learning.
Experimental validation shows that FM-Intent outperforms state-of-the-art models, including Netflix's foundation model, in next-item prediction accuracy.
FM-Intent generates meaningful user intent embeddings for clustering users with similar intents, providing valuable insights into user viewing patterns and preferences.
The model has been integrated into Netflix's recommendation ecosystem, allowing for personalized UI optimization, enhanced recommendation signals, and search optimization based on user intent predictions.
By understanding user intents beyond next-item prediction, FM-Intent enhances Netflix's recommendation capabilities, delivering more personalized and relevant content recommendations.
The model's hierarchical multi-task learning approach and comprehensive experimental results demonstrate its effectiveness in improving recommendation accuracy and user experience.
FM-Intent signifies a significant advancement in Netflix's recommendation system, emphasizing the importance of user intent prediction for providing satisfying and tailored recommendations.