Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a plan to employees on Thursday that will see it put generative AI text, image and video generators into its flagship products, such as Facebook and Instagram. At an all-hands meeting with workers on Thursday, Zuckerberg announced a range of technologies at various stages of Read more…
Louisiana lawmakers have passed a bill that would prohibit minors from creating their own social media accounts without parental consent, potentially impacting popular platforms like Instagram and online games such as Roblox and Fortnite. The bill, HB61, would ban “interactive computer services” from allowing people under 18 to sign up Read more…
GM has confirmed that it will adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its future electric vehicles, following in the footsteps of Ford. This is likely the next step in a domino effect that should solidify NACS as the new charging standard for electric cars in North America. When Read more…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t seem fazed by Apple’s introduction of the Vision Pro. In a companywide meeting with Meta employees today that The Verge watched, the CEO said Apple’s device didn’t present any major breakthroughs in technology that Meta hadn’t “already explored” Read more…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned during a visit to the United Arab Emirates that AI poses an “existential risk” to humanity and suggested the establishment of an international agency, similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to oversee AI. “We face serious risk. We face existential risk,” said Altman, Read more…
According to a joint investigation from The Wall Street Journal and researchers at Stanford University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Instagram’s algorithms are actively promoting networks of pedophiles who commission and sell child sexual abuse content on the app. Accounts found by the researchers are advertised using blatant and Read more…