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Meta Allows Facebook, Instagram AI Chatbots To Have Sex Talks With Children: Report
Meta's AI bots engage through text, selfies, and live voice conversations.
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Instagram Co-Founder Says Mark Zuckerberg Saw App’s Growth as ‘Threat’
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified that the app could have succeeded without being acquired by Meta Platforms. Systrom, testifying Tuesday at Meta’s antitrust trial in Washington, recounted how quickly Instagram was growing before Zuckerberg’s purchase offer.
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WhatsApp Down In India, Many Users Say Unable To Send Messages, Upload Status
Meta-owned popular messaging app WhatsApp on Saturday went down for users in India, who were unable to send messages and upload status.
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Meta Whistleblower to Tell Congress That Company Aided China in AI Race
Sarah Wynn-Williams who served as director of global public policy at Meta, will tell the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on Wednesday that she witnessed executives undermining US national security. The testimony will include allegations that Meta, formerly called Facebook, helped China advance in the artificial intellig...
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After Instagram, Meta Rolls Out 'Teen Account' For Facebook, Messenger
Meta Platforms is rolling out its "Teen Accounts" feature to Facebook and Messenger on Tuesday, as it faces sustained criticism about not doing enough to protect young users from online harms.
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Ex-Facebook COO Told Assistant To "Come To Bed" On Private Jet, Claims Book
Former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg spent $13,000 (Rs 11.3 lakh) on lingerie for herself and her 26-year-old female assistant on a trip to Europe, a new memoir has claimed.
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta to Spend Up to $65 Billion on AI in 2025
Mark Zuckerberg plans to invest as much as $65 billion (roughly Rs. 5,61,908 crore) on projects related to artificial intelligence in 2025. Zuckerberg’s announcement comes days after OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp. and Oracle Corp. announced a $100 billion (roughly Rs. 8,64,404 crore) joint venture called Stargate to build out data centers and A...
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Meta Will Use Fact Checkers Outside the US ‘For Now’
Meta, which said it will replace third-party fact checkers in the US with a community notes system, will see how the change plays out before deciding about a transition in other regions, Mendelsohn said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Monday.
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Meta to Cut Roughly Five Percent of Staff, Targeting Lowest Performers
Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting roughly five percent of its staff through performance-based terminations. Affected workers in the US are expected to be notified on February 10, while those based in other countries will be informed at a later date, according to the memo.
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As Meta Set To Drop Fact-Checks, Here's A Guide To Verify Info Online
Meta - which operates Facebook, Threads, and Instagram - has announced that it will discontinue its fact-checking program in the US and move to a crowdsourced model to allow "free expression".
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Meta Takes Down Its Own AI-Powered Profiles On Instagram, Facebook. Here's Why
The AI-generated profiles were first introduced by Meta in September 2023.
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Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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What Australia Is Doing To Make Big Techs Pay Media Publishers For News
Australia is planning to come up with new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news.
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AI-Driven Algorithm Increases Screen Time Of Facebook, Instagram Users
The improvement to the tech giant's AI system has led to an 8% increase in the amount of time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram.
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Meta Allows Facebook, Instagram AI Chatbots To Have Sex Talks With Children: Report
Meta's AI bots engage through text, selfies, and live voice conversations.
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Instagram Co-Founder Says Mark Zuckerberg Saw App’s Growth as ‘Threat’
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified that the app could have succeeded without being acquired by Meta Platforms. Systrom, testifying Tuesday at Meta’s antitrust trial in Washington, recounted how quickly Instagram was growing before Zuckerberg’s purchase offer.
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WhatsApp Down In India, Many Users Say Unable To Send Messages, Upload Status
Meta-owned popular messaging app WhatsApp on Saturday went down for users in India, who were unable to send messages and upload status.
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Meta Whistleblower to Tell Congress That Company Aided China in AI Race
Sarah Wynn-Williams who served as director of global public policy at Meta, will tell the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism on Wednesday that she witnessed executives undermining US national security. The testimony will include allegations that Meta, formerly called Facebook, helped China advance in the artificial intellig...
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After Instagram, Meta Rolls Out 'Teen Account' For Facebook, Messenger
Meta Platforms is rolling out its "Teen Accounts" feature to Facebook and Messenger on Tuesday, as it faces sustained criticism about not doing enough to protect young users from online harms.
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Ex-Facebook COO Told Assistant To "Come To Bed" On Private Jet, Claims Book
Former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg spent $13,000 (Rs 11.3 lakh) on lingerie for herself and her 26-year-old female assistant on a trip to Europe, a new memoir has claimed.
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta to Spend Up to $65 Billion on AI in 2025
Mark Zuckerberg plans to invest as much as $65 billion (roughly Rs. 5,61,908 crore) on projects related to artificial intelligence in 2025. Zuckerberg’s announcement comes days after OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp. and Oracle Corp. announced a $100 billion (roughly Rs. 8,64,404 crore) joint venture called Stargate to build out data centers and A...
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Meta Will Use Fact Checkers Outside the US ‘For Now’
Meta, which said it will replace third-party fact checkers in the US with a community notes system, will see how the change plays out before deciding about a transition in other regions, Mendelsohn said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Francine Lacqua at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Monday.
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Meta to Cut Roughly Five Percent of Staff, Targeting Lowest Performers
Meta Platforms Inc. is cutting roughly five percent of its staff through performance-based terminations. Affected workers in the US are expected to be notified on February 10, while those based in other countries will be informed at a later date, according to the memo.
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As Meta Set To Drop Fact-Checks, Here's A Guide To Verify Info Online
Meta - which operates Facebook, Threads, and Instagram - has announced that it will discontinue its fact-checking program in the US and move to a crowdsourced model to allow "free expression".
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Meta Takes Down Its Own AI-Powered Profiles On Instagram, Facebook. Here's Why
The AI-generated profiles were first introduced by Meta in September 2023.
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Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
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What Australia Is Doing To Make Big Techs Pay Media Publishers For News
Australia is planning to come up with new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news.
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AI-Driven Algorithm Increases Screen Time Of Facebook, Instagram Users
The improvement to the tech giant's AI system has led to an 8% increase in the amount of time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram.
