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What to Know About the Open Versus Closed Software Debate

29 May 2024 at 05:02
A.I. companies are divided over whether the technology should be freely available to anyone for modifying and copying, or kept close for safekeeping.

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Meta’s open-source A.I. system is available to any developer to download and use.

Mark Zuckerberg is Popular Again Thanks to Meta’s Open-Source AI

29 May 2024 at 05:00
After some trying years during which Mr. Zuckerberg could do little right, many developers and technologists have embraced the Meta chief as their champion of β€œopen-source” artificial intelligence.

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EU Investigates Facebook and Instagram Over Addictive Effects on Children

16 May 2024 at 14:13
The American tech giant’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, may β€œexploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors,” the European Commission said.

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β€œWe are sparing no effort to protect our children,” Thierry Breton, the European Union’s internal markets commissioner, said in a statement.

On Instagram, a Jewelry Ad Draws Solicitations for Sex With a 5-Year-Old

Advertisers of merchandise for young girls find that adult men can become their unintended audience. In a test ad, convicted sex offenders inquired about a child model.

Β© Illustration by Amir Hamja/The New York Times

U.S. Antitrust Case Against Google Is Just the Start

As the Justice Department’s case against Google nears an end, the federal government has more suits in the pipeline trying to rein in Big Tech.

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Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has vowed to take on Big Tech monopolies.

Meta Faces EU Investigation Over Election Disinformation

30 April 2024 at 09:55
The inquiry is intended to pressure the tech giant to more aggressively police Facebook and Instagram ahead of the European Union’s closely watched elections in June.

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Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, which is investigating Meta over election disinformation.

In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade

27 April 2024 at 05:05
The spending that the industry’s giants expect artificial intelligence to require is starting to come into focus β€” and it is jarringly large.

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Microsoft said generative A.I. had contributed to more than a fifth of the growth of its cloud computing business.

TikTok Broke the Tech Law Logjam. Can That Success Be Repeated?

25 April 2024 at 08:57
For years, federal lawmakers have tried to pass legislation to rein in the tech giants. The TikTok law was their first success.

Β© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Experts on tech legislation say that the unique speed of the passage of the TikTok legislation is highly unlikely to be repeated.

Meta Says It Plans to Spend Billions More on A.I.

24 April 2024 at 18:31
Along with the higher spending, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp projected lighter-than-expected revenue, causing its stock to plummet.

Β© Ian C. Bates for The New York Times

Quarterly results on Wednesday underscored Meta’s repositioning of itself as a company poised to capitalize on the industrywide fervor for artificial intelligence.

The Meta-morphosis of Mark Zuckerberg

24 April 2024 at 13:52
The robotic nerd depicted in β€œThe Social Network” has turned into the kinder, more accessible face of Silicon Valley. What’s going on?

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Mark Zuckerberg arriving in Seoul in February in an Overland shearling jacket

Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store

19 April 2024 at 14:23
Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads from its China app offerings Friday on Beijing’s orders, amid technological tensions between the U.S. and China.

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A recently-opened Apple Store in Shanghai’s Jing’an district in March. Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads, which are owned by Meta, from its app store in China.

Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps

18 April 2024 at 12:00
Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial intelligence model, to obtain information and complete tasks.

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