Despite Mark Zuckerberg’s hope for the chatbot to be the smartest, it struggles with facts, numbers and web search.
Category: Meta Platforms Inc
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The Meta-morphosis of Mark Zuckerberg
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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Apple Says It Was Ordered to Pull WhatsApp From China App Store
Apple said it removed WhatsApp and Threads in its China app offerings Friday on Beijing’s orders, amid technological tensions between the U.S. and China.
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Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps
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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Maryland Passes 2 Major Privacy Bills, Despite Tech Industry Pushback
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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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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China’s Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms
China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.
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Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Use AI to See, Hear and Speak. What Are They Like?
What happens when a columnist and a reporter use A.I. glasses to scan groceries, monuments and zoo animals? Hilarity, wonder and lots of mistakes ensued.
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Could Donald Trump Save TikTok?
The former president targeted the platform while in office but has now come out against a bill that could ban the short video app in the U.S.
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Facebook and Instagram Users Report Meta Service Outages
People reported issues with the websites starting around 10 a.m. Eastern, according to Down Detector, a website that tracks user reports of internet disruptions.
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Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules
For years, Apple, Google, Meta and others operated unfettered. But new laws and regulations have finally compelled them to make major shifts to their products and businesses.
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Instagram and Facebook Subscriptions Are a New Focus of Child Safety Suit
New Mexico’s attorney general has accused Meta of not protecting children from sexual predators on its platforms. He now wants to know how it polices subscribers to accounts featuring children.