Facebook vows to restrict news access in Canada
Meta says it will remove access to news content on Facebook and Instagram for users in Canada after the nation’s lawmakers passed legislation designed to force internet giants that also…
Meta’s new AI app is both for patients with vocal cord damage and in-game NPCs
Meta (formerly Facebook) is introducing its first artificial intelligence offering since the AI generator industry exploded in late 2022. The brand’s text-to-audio generator, called Voicebox is expected to be the…
Meta to Help People Craft More Zuck Deepfakes With ‘Voicebox’ AI
According to Meta, Voicebox can take an audio sample as short as two seconds long and then match that audio style for text-to-speech generation. If true, it’s more sophisticated than…
Most Social Sites Suck at Protecting LGBTQ Users, But Twitter Is the Worst
The report links to a spreadsheet documenting more than two dozen news stories that linked far-right online rhetoric to real-world threats, harassment, and violence in the first few months of…
Jack Dorsey Says Indian Officials Raided Twitter Employees’ Homes
Chandrasekhar said the posts in question during the time of 2021 farmers protest contained “a lot of misinformation,” and reports of genocide that were “definitely fake.” International human rights groups…
Meta, King of Copycats, Makes Power Play for Twitter Users With Instagram Spinoff
Gizmodo reached out to Meta for comment on The Verge’s report on Friday morning but did not receive a response by the time of publication. At the same all-hands meeting,…
Watch Mark Get Zucked to the Mat in Recent Jiu-Jitsu Match
In the video, you can see a brunette Zuckerberg flailing against his unidentified opponent, who is wearing a yellow and green belt. About 16 seconds into the recording, Zuckerberg hits…
Instagram Bans, Unbans Facebook Critic, and It Won’t Say Why
What happened exactly? Over the weekend, the RFOB published a seven-post “spotlight” thread with the title, “Why Facebook is Threatening the Press.” The posts were responding directly to Meta’s recent…
What Would AI Regulation Look Like?
Cognitive scientist and AI developer Gary Marcus explains the need to regulate AI. Advertisement Licensing auditors, not companies Though OpenAI’s Altman suggested that companies could be licensed to release artificial…
Everything announced at Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 2023
The first big gaming showcase of June is here, and it’s giving us a look at what’s next for games made for the Meta Quest family of VR headsets. It’s…