Meta opens Quest OS to third parties, including ASUS and Lenovo

Meta opens Quest OS to third parties, including ASUS and Lenovo

In a huge move for the mixed reality industry, Meta announced today that it’s opening the Quest’s operating system to third-party companies, allowing them to build headsets of their own. Think of it like moving the Quest’s ecosystem from an Apple model, where one company builds both the hardware and software, to more of a … Read more

Meta AI will allow you to generate images from WhatsApp

Meta AI will allow you to generate images from WhatsApp

Madrid. Meta has integrated its Meta AI assistant, powered by its new Llama 3 large language model (LLM), into its social networks Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, adding new capabilities to access information from the web “without having to switch between applications”, and with the test of the new Imagine function to generate images from … Read more

Meta will eliminate tool against disinformation and for journalists

Meta will eliminate tool against disinformation and for journalists

Washington. The tool CrowdTangleconsidered vital to monitor disinformation on social networks, will be dismantled by the American group Meta in the coming months, a movement that researchers describe as a “setback” in a year with elections in numerous countries. The company that owns Facebook and Instagram announced that CrowdTangle will no longer be available starting … Read more

European Privacy Watchdog Criticizes Facebook and Instagram for Personalized Ads Strategy

European Privacy Watchdog Criticizes Facebook and Instagram for Personalized Ads Strategy

NOS NOS news•today, 8:59 p.m Social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram may not require their users to follow them online in exchange for access to the platforms. This is what the European privacy watchdog EDPB says, which also includes the Dutch Data Protection Authority. According to the regulator, large online platforms must offer … Read more

Meta introduces new features on Instagram to protect users from blackmail through intimate photos

Meta introduces new features on Instagram to protect users from blackmail through intimate photos

Meta has announced that it is introducing new features in its social network Instagram, the purpose of which is to protect its users, especially young people, from blackmail through intimate photos, DPA reported. Meta has confirmed that it has begun testing a digital “filter for photos with intimate content” on Instagram. It is built into … Read more

Meta AI Chatbot Added to Instagram: Answering Questions, Writing Poetry, and Generating Images

Meta AI Chatbot Added to Instagram: Answering Questions, Writing Poetry, and Generating Images

Meta AI Arrives on Instagram, Adding Enhanced AI-powered Chatbot Features With the increasing integration of AI technology across multiple platforms, people worldwide were delighted to discover the arrival of Meta AI’s general-purpose chatbot on Instagram. Meta AI is an AI-powered chatbot developed by Meta, the renowned tech company. Aside from answering questions, this advanced chatbot … Read more

Meta Tests AI Chatbot Integration with WhatsApp and Instagram Users in India and Africa

Meta Tests AI Chatbot Integration with WhatsApp and Instagram Users in India and Africa

Meta Tests Meta AI with WhatsApp and Instagram Users in India and Africa Meta AI’s Expansion Strategy Shows Scale Potential Meta is currently testing its Meta AI chatbot, powered by a large language model, with WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger users in India and parts of Africa. This move signals Meta’s intent to leverage its massive … Read more

Instagram Introduces Tool to Protect Minors from Nude Images in Private Messages

Instagram Introduces Tool to Protect Minors from Nude Images in Private Messages

NOSInstagram on a phone NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 19:23 Instagram is developing a tool that makes nude images in private messages unrecognizable. The tool will soon be turned on by default for minors, the company writes. Instagram takes the measure to protect young people against abuse of nude images and sextortionwhere victims are blackmailed with nude images. … Read more

Meta’s AI image generator struggles to create images of couples of different races

Meta’s AI image generator struggles to create images of couples of different races

Meta AI is consistently unable to generate accurate images for seemingly simple prompts like “Asian man and Caucasian friend,” or “Asian man and white wife,” The Verge . Instead, the company’s image generator seems to be biased toward creating images of people of the same race, even when explicitly prompted otherwise. Engadget confirmed these results … Read more