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A $2 sticker defeats the one feature holding Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ together

Meta’s answer to the “pervert glasses” problem was a small light. It switches on when the camera records, to warn anyone nearby. A sticker costing a couple of dollars switches it off. Engadget’s Karissa Bell tested the workarounds now on sale, cheap LED-blocking stickers marketed as “privacy” accessories. One kit cost $16.99 for a dozen. […]

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Brazil banned Bolsonaro from speaking. His AI avatar spoke anyway.

Brazil ordered Jair Bolsonaro to stay silent. Last weekend, a giant AI version of him addressed a campaign rally anyway. At the launch of his son Flávio’s presidential bid in São Paulo on Saturday, a video avatar of the jailed former president loomed over the crowd. The clever part was the confession. “What you see […]

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Most Australian teens are still on social media three months into the under-16 ban

Most Australian teenagers are still using social media three months after the country’s world-first under-16 ban took effect, according to a new study from the eSafety Commissioner that undercuts one of the government’s flagship online-safety policies. The share of teens using social media slipped only from 86% to 81%, the regulator found, even though platforms […]

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Steven Bartlett’s ‘Diary of a CEO’ is losing its inner circle as it chases America

Steven Bartlett has built one of the world’s biggest podcasts on the idea that the right people, obsessively managed, make the machine. Now four of those people have walked out the door. The star host of “The Diary of a CEO” has lost four core staffers in five months, Business Insider reported. The exits are […]

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ChatGPT is about to become the first AI chatbot in the EU’s toughest tier

ChatGPT is about to become the first AI chatbot to face Europe’s toughest platform rules. The European Commission plans to place OpenAI’s chatbot and the gaming platform Roblox under the strictest tier of the Digital Services Act. The designation could come as soon as August. The move was first reported by Bloomberg, citing a person […]

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Meta says AI is making it easier to build new apps — and more are coming

Meta says AI is making it dramatically easier to build and launch new consumer apps, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg telling investors the company has more new consumer products on the way following a recent wave of releases for Facebook Groups, Marketplace sellers, Instagram, and gaming.

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LinkedIn now has a ‘Seems like AI slop’ button, and yes, it really says slop

LinkedIn has a name for the vaguely inspirational, AI-written posts clogging its feed, and now it has a button for them. The professional network has quietly added a “Seems like AI slop” option to its post menu, letting users flag content they think a machine wrote, 404 Media reported. The button sits under the three-dot […]

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Meta says its AI is making you spend more time on Instagram

Meta says people are spending more time on Instagram, and it credits its artificial intelligence for the increase. Global time spent on the app grew by double digits year on year in the second quarter, the company told investors, driven by AI-tuned recommendations in the main feed and in Reels. The gains are specific enough […]

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Microsoft’s AI spending became cloud revenue. Meta’s became a cash-flow hole.

Two of the biggest AI spenders reported on the same day. Microsoft’s spending showed up as cloud revenue. Meta’s showed up as a hole in its cash flow. Meta’s revenue rose 28% to $60.8bn, beating forecasts, CNBC reported. But profit fell 14% to $15.8bn, earnings per share missed, and the shares dropped about 5% after […]

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TikTok Gives Creators More Control Over Keyword Metadata: What It Means for Social Search

Key Takeaways TikTok has introduced a new way for creators and brands to improve how their content is discovered. The platform now allows users to manage the TikTok keyword metadata associated with their videos, including removing irrelevant keywords and suggesting new ones that better match the content. TikTok will continue reviewing these changes before they […]

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