Meta says AI had only ‘modest’ impact on global elections in 2024
The tech firm says its defences were able to defeat AI-driven misinformation operations from gaining an online foothold.
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Meta says AI content made up less than 1% of election-related misinformation on its apps
At the start of the year, there were widespread concerns about how generative AI could be used to interfere in…
Meta says it has taken down about 20 covert influence operations in 2024
Firm names Russia as top source of such activity but says it is ‘striking’ how little AI was used to…
Meta says AI-generated content was less than 1 precent of election misinformation
AI-generated content played a much smaller role in global election misinformation than what many officials and researchers had feared, according…
The best VR accessories for 2024
Virtual reality has come a long, long way since the days of Nintendo’s doomed Virtual Boy. The Meta Quest 3S…
Meta to force financial advertisers to be verified in bid to prevent celebrity scam ads targeting Australians
Exclusive: Businesses to require financial services license number to post Facebook ads, while individuals will need government-issued ID Get our…
Instagram actively helping spread of self-harm among teenagers, study finds
Researchers say parent company Meta is failing to remove explicit images on the social media site Meta is actively helping…
Amazon, Google and Meta are ‘pillaging culture, data and creativity’ to train AI, Australian inquiry finds
Among the report’s 13 recommendations is the call for the introduction of standalone AI legislation and protections for creative workers…
Bluesky verification could look a lot different from X’s blue checks
The rapidly growing social networking startup Bluesky, a Twitter/X alternative built on open web principles, revealed in a livestream on…
Inflection CEO says it’s done trying to make next generation AI models
Just last year, Inflection AI was as hot as a startup could be, releasing best-in-class AI models it claimed could…