Adam Mosseri details trends shaping Instagram and says it'll be more practical to authenticate real media than label AI, as AI gets better at imitating reality
Adam Mosseri says creators should prioritize “unflattering” images to prove they are real. — It's no secret that AI-generated …
Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley's new startup Hopscotch Labs debuts BeeBot, which combines AI, audio, and location-based social features, on the App Store
BeeBot is an “app for AirPods” that combines AI, audio and location-based social features. — Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley …
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 , @zakwilliam...
Source: Mark Zuckerberg has, on 10+ occasions, offered top AI research talent up to $300M over four years, with $100M+ in total compensation for the first year
The Meta CEO is leading a hiring blitz, offering top talent at OpenAI eye-watering pay packages and endless access to cutting-edge chips.
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...
Bluesky lets “notable and authentic” accounts apply for blue check verification and enables select organizations to become Trusted Verifiers to verify others
Bluesky on Thursday quietly opened the doors to those who want to become verified on its social networking service.
Facebook will reduce the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and make them ineligible for monetization, after Zuckerberg promised a return to “OG Facebook”
Facebook will begin lowering the reach of accounts sharing spammy content and making them ineligible for monetization, Meta announced on Thursday.
TikTok begins testing Footnotes, a Community Notes-like feature to add “more context” to videos, in the US; Footnotes won't affect algorithmic ranking
But the company isn't walking away from fact checking. — As TikTok continues to wait for a deal that will secure its future …
Sources: the European Commission is set to find that Meta violated the DMA, hitting it with a cease and desist and a hundreds-of-millions fine, possibly $1B+
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Sources: the European Commission is set to close its year-long probe into browser options on iOS without a fine after Apple made changes to comply with the DMA
EU antitrust regulators are set to close their year-long investigation into Apple's (AAPL.O) browser options on iPhones …
Scientists are using AI to speed up drug repurposing, expanding the treatment possibilities for people with rare diseases and few options
Joseph Coates, left, owes his life to an A.I. model developed by Dr. David Fajgenbaum and the rest of his team.Hannah Yoon for The New York Times Bluesky: @rjcc , @karissabe , @noc...
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: isSB...
Meta's Oversight Board says it will weigh in on Meta's hate speech policies, changed before Trump's inauguration, in a test of the enforceability of its powers
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Meta's Oversight Board says it will weigh in on Meta's hate speech policies, changed before Trump's inauguration, in a test of the enforceability of its powers
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Meta reports Q4 revenue up 21% YoY to $48.4B, net income up 49% YoY to $20.8B, and family daily active people up 5% YoY to 3.35B on average for December 2024
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024.
Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to make Facebook “way more culturally influential than it is today” and he is focused on returning to “OG Facebook” in 2025
Yesterday Meta reported its quarterly earnings, and amid sharing updates on Threads, Instagram, and yes …
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming in February on iOS and later on Android, after US app stores removed CapCut as part of the divest-or-ban law
Meta today announced a new video editing app called Edits, after ByteDance's video editing app CapCut was removed from Apple's App Store …
Zuckerberg says there's a “bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff” and he was just addressing the origin of “bring your whole self to work”
Well, specifically, they want me to know. — On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story …
Zuckerberg says there's a “bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff” and he was just addressing the origin of “bring your whole self to work”
Well, specifically, they want me to know. — On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story …
Zuckerberg says there's a “bogus narrative saying I blamed Sheryl for a bunch of stuff” and he was just addressing the origin of “bring your whole self to work”
Well, specifically, they want me to know. — On Thursday, The New York Times published a lengthy story …