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Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction
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Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction

David Bowie's song "Five Years," which Meta used in a supposedly inspiring advertisement, is about humans learning that they have five years left to live before the apocalypse.

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Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s
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Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s

Meta introduced Content Seal, an invisible watermarking technology to detect AI-generated images, in response to its...

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Meta employees sue over layoffs they say were driven by discriminatory AI selection systems
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Meta employees sue over layoffs they say were driven by discriminatory AI selection systems

Former and current Meta employees are suing the company in California federal court, alleging that discriminatory AI...

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Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs
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Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs

26 former Meta employees are suing the company for allegedly using biased AI tools to unfairly target workers on...

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Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer
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Meta’s Adam Mosseri says AI token budgets could soon be capped per engineer

Meta's Adam Mosseri suggests that companies will need to implement AI token budgets for engineers, similar to how they...

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Key Feature of Meta’s Muse Image Axed
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Key Feature of Meta’s Muse Image Axed

Meta removed a key feature from its Muse image generation tool following backlash from Instagram users, privacy...

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Meta kills Muse Image feature that let anyone generate AI photos of Instagram users without consent
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Meta kills Muse Image feature that let anyone generate AI photos of Instagram users without consent

Meta discontinued its Muse Image feature that allowed users to generate AI photos of Instagram users without their...

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Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
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Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash

Meta removed a controversial AI feature from Instagram that would reference users' public content after receiving...

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Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts
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Meta turns off the Instagram feature that let users make AI deepfakes of public accounts

Meta has disabled a feature that allowed users to generate AI images based on public Instagram accounts without the...

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Instagram’s Adam Mosseri: If you don’t like AI, ‘then you shouldn’t have it in your feed’
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Instagram’s Adam Mosseri: If you don’t like AI, ‘then you shouldn’t have it in your feed’

Instagram head Adam Mosseri discusses the platform's approach to AI-generated content, stating that Instagram should...

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How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram photos
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How to stop Meta’s AI image generator from using your Instagram photos

Meta's AI image generator is using public Instagram photos to train its models unless users opt out. The article...

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Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.
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Meta wants its AI glasses to seem less creepy. Its AI strategy says otherwise.

Meta is implementing safeguards to its AI glasses to prevent secret recording of others, addressing privacy concerns....

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Muse Image is technically impressive, but Meta's use of Instagram photos raises questions
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Muse Image is technically impressive, but Meta's use of Instagram photos raises questions

Meta's Superintelligence Labs released Muse Image, a technically advanced image generation model that uses an agentic...

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Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos
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Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos

Meta launched Muse Image, a new AI image generator with applications in advertising and creative work. The launch has...

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Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
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Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out

Meta is rolling out its Muse Image model that allows AI generation of images using content from public Instagram...

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Meta secretly tested ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI with thousands of minor-perspective crisis prompts
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Meta secretly tested ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI with thousands of minor-perspective crisis prompts

Meta conducted secret testing of ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI by having contractors pose as minors and send over...

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Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
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Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

Meta contractors posed as teenagers to test how rival AI chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT respond to sensitive topics...

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Meta restricts use of Claude Code and Codex to keep rival AI out of its training data
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Meta restricts use of Claude Code and Codex to keep rival AI out of its training data

Meta is restricting its engineers from using Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex to prevent their outputs from being...

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Meta employees warn AI moderation rollout is too fast
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Meta employees warn AI moderation rollout is too fast

Meta is rapidly replacing human content moderators with large language models, planning to handle over 90% of certain...

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Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program
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Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program

Meta's controversial employee-tracking program, which collects keystroke data to train AI models, has exposed data...

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