Meta saying it expects AI characters to populate its apps is its friendly rebrand of an effective but alienating overhaul meant to automate social interactions
nymag.com/intelligence... @hypervisible : “A lot of formerly social aspects of a platform like Facebook, in other words, have already been automated and replaced with machine learning, but each step i...
A profile of former Tinder CEO Renate Nyborg and her new startup Meeno, which provides an AI-powered chatbot for relationship advice on iOS and has raised $4.9M
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times : X: @tobywalsh , @katejopling , @ronivey , @andrewyng , @chloeautio , @tfadell , @madhumita29 , and @dannygroner X: Toby Walsh / @tobywalsh : The loneliness cure: ...
A review of Ivory, a new Mastodon iOS app from Tapbots, maker of the now-defunct Tweetbot: an inspired design, Tweetbot-like gestures, custom filters, and more
You *can* add a non-Mastodon account to it. Here, I added my @viticci@pixelfed.social profile to Ivory and posted a picture from the app. … Tweets: Veerle Pieters / @vpieters : The launch of @tapbots...
Seeking to regain relevance, screenshots show Clubhouse is testing private rooms, internally called Houses, to encourage friendlier social interactions
Clubhouse, the voice chat app that captured the attention of Hollywood and Silicon Valley early in the pandemic, is experimenting … Tweets: @tariqkrim , @ashleyrcarman , @ashleyrcarman , @ashleyrcarma...
Internal memo: Meta plans to make Facebook more like TikTok, including bringing Messenger back into the app and recommending posts from “unconnected” sources
a big departure from how it currently works. That and more changes here: https://www.theverge.com/... Sameer Singh / @sameer_singh17 : Leaving even more room for new startups to re-build the social gr...
Zillow usage since March is up 50%+ YoY, as surfing real estate listings on home buying websites becomes a form of escapism amid the pandemic
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times : Tweets: @adrianachavira , @peterwsinger , @westcoastbill , @taylrn , @menendezrand , @marybschneider , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: Adriana Chavira / @adrianachavira : I...
Apple says COVID-19 contact tracing apps can include duration of proximity when deciding what is a proximity event, potentially limiting false positive pings
Surveillance and the pandemic: it doesn't have to be a nightmare Sergio De Simone / InfoQ : Google and Apple Jointly Working on Contact Tracing for iOS and Android Samantha Wiley / iLounge : Apple and...
As social interactions become more distant, Nextdoor has seen a spike in engagement as it helps neighbors connect and organize without risking physical contact
John Herrman / New York Times : Tweets: @tmamut , @sjb2448 , @jwherrman , @nytstyles , @thefriley , @jenntakahashi , and @kantrowitz Tweets: Tatyana Mamut / @tmamut : We just launched new ways for ne...
Obsessive documentation of one's life online has made it hard for young people to shed their past identities and might have bad effects for society at large
As past identities become stickier for those entering adulthood, it's not just individuals who will suffer. Society will too. Tweets: @ministryprivacy , @derekeb , @robotnr7312 , @thechrislarsen , @a...
Facebook hasn't figured out how to measure “meaningful social interactions” after big News Feed update, wants to build section inside Watch tab for news video
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