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Meta Platforms’ claims that Facebook doesn’t polarize Americans came under new doubt as the journal Science raised questions about a prominent research paper the tech giant has cited to support its position. WSJ: In an editorial Thursday, Science said … Continue reading Science Editors Raise New Doubts on Meta’s Claims It Isn’t Polarizing
The issue, discovered and reported by Meta in 2019, affected hundreds of millions of users across Meta platforms.
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Meta unveiled prototype AR glasses codenamed Orion on Wednesday, featuring a 70-degree field of view, Micro LED projectors, and silicon carbide lenses that beam graphics directly into the wearer’s eyes. In an interview with The Verge, CEO Mark Zuckerbe… Continue reading Meta Unveils AR Glasses Prototype
Meta (the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads) announced Monday that Russian state media outlets like RT are now “banned from our apps globally for foreign interference activity,” reports CNN.
CNN adds that Meta is alleging that the “K… Continue reading Meta and YouTube Ban Russian State Media for ‘Foreign Interference’
Meta and Apple have increasingly been rivals, and Mark Zuckerberg only expects their competition to intensify in the coming years. From a report: “I think in a lot of ways we’re like the opposite of Apple,” Zuckerberg said. “Clearly, their stuff has wo… Continue reading Zuckerberg Says Apple’s Culture is Not Like Meta’s
After engaging with local regulators, Meta is planning to resume the training of its AI models using public Facebook and Instagram posts from adults in the UK.
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The home of the Golden State Warriors was packed on Tuesday evening this week, but it wasn’t to watch Steph Curry. Thousands of fans gathered at the Chase Center in downtown San Francisco to watch on… Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Done Apologizing
Meta has now admitted that it’s been using public data from adult Facebook and Instagram users in Australia to train its AI models, with no way to opt out.
The post Meta Confirms It’s Using Data from Adults Users in Australia for AI Training appe… Continue reading Meta Confirms It’s Using Data from Adults Users in Australia for AI Training
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the … Continue reading Meta Will Let Third-Party Apps Place Calls To WhatsApp, Messenger Users
Ben Werdmuller, an entrepreneur who leads tech for ProPublica, writes on the trust crisis brewing in Meta’s Threads app. He posted a quick comment about the Internet Archive’s legal troubles, only to find it blew up in unexpected ways. Turns out, Threa… Continue reading Threads is Trading Trust For Growth