WhatsApp rolls out ads in its Updates tab, a first for the app, and Meta will collect some data to target the ads, but says it has no plans to put ads in chats
here's where you'll see them (and where you won't) Capital Brief : Meta to roll out ads on WhatsApp and offer paid subscriptions Katie Hicks / Marketing Brew : Ads are coming to WhatsApp Colin Kirklan...
Threads now lets users add up to five links to their profile bios and rolls out analytics tools to track clicks on profile links and links shared in posts
https://techcrunch.com/... #Fediverse Threads @threads : New podcast? Upcoming livestream? Newsletter drop? We're rolling out another way to help your community discover ~everything~ you bring to ...
Microsoft debuts Copilot Pro for $20/month/user, offering the latest models, like GPT-4 Turbo, and features, like Office integration and creating Copilot GPTs
and more. https://blogs.microsoft.com/ ... Sar Haribhakti / @sarthakgh : “We have reached another milestone in this mission with more than 5 billion chats and more than 5 billion images to date. As Co...
Q&A with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth on generative AI reshaping Meta, facial recognition, regulations, open source, Llama, AGI, recruiting, Mistral AI, and more
but this is not remotely an apocalypse. @maxamaxim : his take is correct-ish, the hype/marketing around certain tech as agi doesn't always match up with reality it's not to say that there aren't dange...
Meta announces Seamless Communication, a suite of AI translation models that aim to enable more natural and authentic communication across languages
Note SemalessM4T v2, an updated version with our novel UnitY2 architecture. Simon Willison's Weblog : Seamless Communication (via) A new “family of AI research models” from Meta AI for speech and text...
Humane plans to open Ai Pin pre-orders on November 16, starting at $699 plus $24/month for unlimited calls, texts, and data via T-Mobile, shipping in early 2024
Are they trying to succeed? … @sdw@mastodon.social : I don't have a wisecrack or snark — this takes a lot of courage and a lot of vision to do. It's worth celebrating that there's talented people try...
In a Q&A using Meta's photorealistic Pixel Codec Avatars, Mark Zuckerberg discusses the metaverse, Quest 3, the nature of reality, AI, and humanity's future
Zuckerberg might have just infused life into the Metaverse—by ‘life,’ we mean literally. Denis Omelchenko / crypto.news : Meta's Zuckerberg reveals new photorealistic avatars for metaverse Tom Carter ...
Meta launches Instagram's text-based Threads app on the App Store and Google Play in 100+ countries; users log in via Instagram and can follow the same accounts
As Twitter has become even less-filtered … Michael Muchmore / PCMag : Hands On With Instagram Threads: Does Meta's Twitter Killer Deliver? John Palmer / Cryptopolitan : Meta's Threads Promises Decentr...
Mark Zuckerberg announces Instagram now lets users add up to five links to their account bios, challenging Linktree, Beacons, and other “link in bio” services
I am delighted for you that for the moment Meta has given you the ability to put up to to 5 links in your bios. How long they will allow that will be interesting to see. Maybe it will stay. … Tweets...
TikTok tests letting US users apply for jobs with video resumes, posted with a #TikTokResumes hashtag; 30+ brands join the pilot including WWE, Shopify, Target
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Oliver Haslam / iMore : You might get your next job thanks to TikTok's new resumes Tweets: Tanay Jaipuria / @tanayj : The sound you hear is LinkedIn scampering to add sho...