Meta Unveils LlamaCon, Consumer AI App, and Llama API, Challenging OpenAI
Meta holds LlamaCon, unveils consumer AI app and Llama API, challenging OpenAI with open AI models like DeepSeek and Qwen in bid to expand adoption.
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Zuckerberg Unveils Paid Premium AI App with Enhanced Features
Mark Zuckerberg unveils plans for a paid premium tier of Meta's AI app, offering enhanced features like increased compute power and functionality for a fee, while Meta invests up to $72 billion in AI and considers incorporating ads or product recommendations.
Universal Basic Income: A Potential Solution for the AI-Automation Era?
Universal basic income (UBI) has emerged as a potential solution to mitigate the economic disruptions caused by AI and automation, with proponents proposing various funding mechanisms like taxing income, consumption, land value, and automation itself, while emphasizing the need for sustainable policies, education/training investments, and addressing social-psychological factors beyond economic …
AI Reshapes Social Media: Like Button at Risk as Algorithms Predict Preferences
As AI reshapes social media with predictive algorithms and synthetic content, the iconic like button faces obsolescence, raising concerns about authenticity in a future where real and AI-generated interactions seamlessly blend.
Meta Unveils AI App Rival to ChatGPT with Social Feed and Voice Mode
Meta unveils a new AI app to rival ChatGPT, with a social 'Discover' feed showcasing user interactions, a voice mode for natural conversation, and personalization using Facebook and Instagram data, aligning with Meta's AI and hardware roadmap including AI-powered smart glasses.
Snap Beats Revenue Forecasts but Shares Tumble on Murky Outlook
Snap's revenue exceeded projections, but the company's shares plummeted after it refrained from providing guidance, citing potential advertising demand constraints amid economic uncertainties, leaving investors uncertain about its future prospects.
AI Bots Manipulate Reddit Users in Unethical Experiment, Sparking Outrage
In an unethical experiment, researchers from the University of Zurich used AI bots to manipulate over 1,700 comments on Reddit's r/changemymind, sparking outrage from Reddit and concerns about potential misuse for swaying public opinion.
Tech Giants Amass Troves of Personal Data, Sparking Privacy Worries
Major tech companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter, Amazon, and Microsoft amass vast troves of personal data from users, including contact details, location, browsing history, interests, and even sensitive information like work, income, race, religion, and political views, raising significant privacy worries.
Meta Opens Threads Ads Globally, Filters Offensive Content
Meta takes a major step by launching Threads ads globally, allowing businesses to leverage its content filtering system to avoid offensive material, signaling the company's commitment to monetizing its new Twitter-like platform while addressing brand safety concerns.
4chan's Toxic Legacy: From Internet Chaos to Mainstream Extremism
The notorious online forum 4chan, once a hub for internet culture, descended into a breeding ground for hate and extremism, its toxic legacy of anonymity and chaos spreading across the internet and into mainstream culture, ultimately rendering itself obsolete as its style was co-opted by powerful figures.