Meta says it will allow its AI glasses users to opt out of having their “visual data” used to train its AI or shown to third-party contractors outside the US
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Meta previews hologram avatars for Meta VR Glasses and Ray-Ban Display that feel more natural than Apple's persona avatars, available in early access this fall
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Meta says Muse Image includes Content Seal, an invisible watermarking system, and previews a web tool that can check whether an image was generated with Meta AI
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How Trump leveraged Biden's TikTok ban law to help allies gain control of the app, amid fears it could be used to boost pro-Trump content and suppress criticism
The Biden administration argued a forced sale of the app would protect it from political influence. Bluesky: @karissabe , @cravenlovelace , @cjsprigman , @emmalbriant , @zakwilliamswzw , and @drewharw...
In a memo to OpenAI researchers, Sam Altman said “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock”
neither will Meta's $100 million raid on the firm's top AI talent Rocket Drew / The Information : Sam Altman Calls Meta Recruiting Efforts ‘Distasteful’ Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly / Observer : Here A...
In a Tucker Carlson interview, Sam Bankman-Fried says he was becoming closer to the GOP in the lead-up to his arrest and that played a role in his sentencing
where Luigi Mangione is also being held Bluesky: Dotto / @idott : I can haz pardon? Bernie Michalik / @berniemichalik.ca : I think I'm going to have to start a website called: isSBFstillLockddUp.fyi [...
After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them
and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, Including A “Black Qu...
Meta says it is “99% of the way” to resolving a global outage that hit Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, starting at approximately 12:40pm ET
Facebook: down — Bluesky: up up up with the workers Karissa Bell / @karissabe : Quite an outage for Meta... I can't remember the last time so many of its services were down more than an hour, must b...
Meta launches Instagram Channels, a broadcast chat feature that lets select US creators share public, one-to-many text, images, and more with their followers
they just arrive in DMs instead of the feed. Insta is benjamin buttoning into Facebook https://techcrunch.com/... Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane : Instagram Channel is like followers retention program...
The EU's commissioner for the internal market warns Twitter will have to comply with the EU's new digital regulations, saying “the bird will fly by our rules”
Who owns the rainbow? Who owns the clouds, the lakes, the trees … Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg : Musk's Free Speech Plans for Twitter Clash With EU Content Rules Mashable : Parler, Truth Social won't ...