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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 “exploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors,” the European Commission said.

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“We 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.

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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.

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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 “The 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

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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Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers?

Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages using a chatbot.

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The Creator A.I. program expands on Meta’s earlier efforts to incorporate a cast of A.I. avatars built using the likenesses of celebrities.

Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback

8 April 2024 at 09:59
One bill would require apps like Instagram and TikTok to prioritize young people’s safety, and the other would restrict the collection of consumer data.

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“We are making a statement to the tech industry, and to Marylanders, that we need to rein in some of this data gathering,” said Delegate Sara Love, a Democratic member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

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Researchers at OpenAI’s office in San Francisco developed a tool to transcribe YouTube videos to amass conversational text for A.I. development.

‘Carefluencers’ Are Helping Older Loved Ones, and Posting About It

3 April 2024 at 05:00
On TikTok and Instagram, people are sharing what it’s like to take care of relatives who have reached their final years.

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Mardonia Galeana has become an online celebrity thanks to her appearances on the Instagram account of her grandson Yosimar Reyes.

Love Sticks? There’s an Instagram for That.

2 April 2024 at 12:43
Those who appreciate “something as basic as a stick” are sharing their enthusiasm through a newly popular Instagram account.

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Logan Jugler, left, and Boone Hogg showed off their latest finds in Ogden, Utah.
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