Experts are sounding the alarm as social media and AI shrink human consciousness, with millions forming emotional bonds with chatbots, triggering so-called 'AI psychosis,' while a growing digital detox movement urges people to embrace boredom and 'consciousness hygiene' to reclaim their mental freedom.
Apple privately threatened to pull Elon Musk's AI app Grok from the App Store in January after xAI failed to stop the app from generating nude and sexualized deepfakes, a letter obtained by NBC News reveals.
Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI clone of himself trained on his voice, image, and mannerisms so employees can interact with him directly, while Meta eyes expanding the technology to creators looking to engage their followers at scale.
Meta's AI app rockets to No. 6 on the US Apple App Store with an 87% download surge after the debut of Muse Spark, the first model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, as the AI app landscape heats up with four of the top six free apps now AI-driven.
X is rolling out Grok-powered auto-translation globally and an AI photo editor on iOS with natural language editing capabilities, but consent concerns loom as it remains unclear whether safeguards will prevent sexualized edits of others' images.
Meta is releasing its first AI models from its new superintelligence team, led by former Scale.AI CEO Alexandr Wang, adopting a hybrid strategy that blends proprietary and open-source licensing as it pivots toward consumers rather than competing directly with OpenAI and Anthropic in the enterprise market.
Meta is set to release hybrid AI models under Alexandr Wang, prioritizing broad consumer distribution across WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram over top benchmark performance, while offering open-source options to democratize AI access as an alternative to enterprise-focused rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic.
Reddit and Wikipedia are cracking down on AI-generated content through bot removals and strict new policies, even as both platforms simultaneously sell their human-curated data to major AI companies like Google and Meta, creating a paradox that experts warn undermines their own efforts.
Meta's Oversight Board warns that Community Notes cannot replace professional fact-checkers, citing severe human rights risks in repressive regimes and conflict zones, structural flaws favoring dominant groups, and a stark efficiency gap — just 900 notes published in six months versus 35 million fact-checker labels in the EU.
A Los Angeles jury finds Meta and YouTube liable for deliberately designing addictive products that harm young people, marking a landmark 'big tobacco' moment for Silicon Valley as share prices drop, a separate $375 million ruling hits Meta in New Mexico, and governments worldwide race to restrict social media access …