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Meta is planning on introducing dozens of chatbot personas – including a Futurama favourite
Meta is gearing up to announce a generative artificial intelligence chatbot (internally dubbed as ‘Gen AI Personas’) that is aimed…
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Tests show Threads' new search function blocks terms like "sex", "gore", and "vaccines"; Meta admits "covid" is a blocked term but declines to disclose others (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: Tests show Threads’ new search function blocks terms like “sex”, “gore”, and “vaccines”; Meta admits…
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How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people's faces due to privacy worries, opening the door for startups like Clearview AI and PimEyes (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
Kashmir Hill / New York Times: How Meta and Google held back their tech to recognize unknown people’s faces due…
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Interviews with AI red team heads at Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, and Meta on why breaking AI models is important for safety, challenges of fixing them, and more (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: Interviews with AI red team heads at Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, and Meta on why breaking AI…
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Meta lets users submit requests to access, alter, or delete some of their third-party information that Meta uses for generative AI training (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Meta lets users submit requests to access, alter, or delete some of their third-party information that…
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Meta Quest 3 may have the ability to turn any table into your personal VR keyboard
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently took to Instagram to preview a potential virtual keyboard feature for Quest headsets. Posted on…
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Experts warn that Meta, and possibly Google, blocking trusted news outlets in Canada will worsen misinformation as the world nears a "precipice" of AI content (Kevin Jiang/Toronto Star)
Kevin Jiang / Toronto Star: Experts warn that Meta, and possibly Google, blocking trusted news outlets in Canada will worsen…
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Meta says it remains committed to rolling out default E2EE for Messenger, which has opt-in E2EE, by the end of 2023, and shortly afterwards for Instagram DMs (Makena Kelly/The Verge)
Makena Kelly / The Verge: Meta says it remains committed to rolling out default E2EE for Messenger, which has opt-in…
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Meta Connect 2023: 4 things we expect to see at the Meta Quest 3 launch event
Meta has named the date for Meta Connect 2023 – September 27 – and we know that the highlight of…
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To build a super app like those in Asia, Elon Musk will face issues such as cultural differences and regulatory scrutiny, like Meta, Snap, and Uber did before (Ryan Mac/New York Times)
Ryan Mac / New York Times: To build a super app like those in Asia, Elon Musk will face issues…
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