Collaborate Disseminate
This week America’s Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges against the former CEO of the startup social media site “IRL”
The BBC reports:
IRL — which was once considered a potential rival to Facebook — took its name from i… Continue reading Founder of Collapsed Social Media Site ‘IRL’ Charged With Fraud Over Faked Users
In 2006 MySpace reportedly became America’s most-visited web site — passing both Google and Yahoo Mail.
So what happened? TribLive reports:
The co-founders, Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe, sold MySpace to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation for $… Continue reading Whatever Happened to MySpace?
xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup is now using X public posts to train its Grok chatbot, but users can opt out in the app’s settings.
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WhatsApp has crossed a new usage milestone in the US with 100 million monthly active users as of July 2024.
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Meta has made several AI-related announcements today, including an expansion of its Meta AI assistant and the release of its biggest open-source AI model to date.
The post Meta AI Expands to More Countries, Adds New Languages and Features appeared firs… Continue reading Meta AI Expands to More Countries, Adds New Languages and Features
The European Commission accused today X of breaching the Digital Services Act, pointing out that the paid blue checkmarks “deceive users.”
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Washington Post: Federal regulators have for the first time banned a digital platform from serving users under 18 (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source), accusing the app — known as NGL — o… Continue reading In a First, Federal Regulators Ban Messaging App From Hosting Minors
Google’s latest environmental report reveals the true cost of AI development. Continue reading Google’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increased by 48% Since 2019, Thanks to AI Pursuits
Ahead of its one-year anniversary, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Threads has reached more than 175 million monthly active users. The Verge reports: Back when it arrived in the App Store on July 5th, 2023, Musk was taking a wrecking ball to th… Continue reading Threads Hits 175 Million Users After a Year
Threads, Meta’s alternative to Twitter/X has crossed 175 million monthly active users ahead of its first anniversary.
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