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Tenet Media posts still online, despite U.S. claims of Russian influence campaign

By Katie Paul NEW YORK -Two days after U.S. authorities accused two employees of Russian state media network RT of coordinating an online network aimed at influencing the 2024 presidential election,

Business|Technology

Meta says its Llama AI models being used by banks, tech companies

By Katie Paul NEW YORK - Meta's Llama artificial intelligence models are being used by companies including Goldman Sachs and AT&T for business functions like customer service, document review and

Meta says its Llama AI models being used by banks, tech companies
News|Technology

Meta says Iranian group tried to target Trump, Biden officials' WhatsApp accounts

By Katie Paul -Meta said on Friday it had identified possible hacking attempts on the WhatsApp accounts of U.S. officials from the administrations of both President Joe Biden and former President

Meta says Iranian group tried to target Trump, Biden officials' WhatsApp accounts
Business|Technology

Meta oversight board tells company to clean up rules on AI-generated pornography

Meta's Oversight Board on Thursday said the company's rules were "not sufficiently clear" in barring sexually explicit AI-generated depictions of real people and

Meta oversight board tells company to clean up rules on AI-generated pornography
Technology

Meta unveils biggest Llama 3 AI model, touting language and math gains

Meta Platforms released the biggest version of its mostly free Llama 3 artificial intelligence models on Tuesday, boasting multilingual skills and general performance

Meta unveils biggest Llama 3 AI model, touting language and math gains
News|Technology

Meta content moderation vendors hit by global cyber outage

Some external vendors that police content on Facebook owner Meta's platforms were affected by the global tech outage that crippled airports, banks and hospitals on

Meta content moderation vendors hit by global cyber outage
Business|Technology

AI dataset licensing companies form trade group

Seven content-licensing sellers of music, image, video and other datasets for use in training artificial intelligence systems have formed the sector's first trade

AI dataset licensing companies form trade group
Business|Technology

Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says

Multiple artificial intelligence companies are circumventing a common web standard used by publishers to block the scraping of their content for use in generative AI systems,

Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says
Business

Meta oversight board reviews handling of AI-created celebrity porn

Meta Platforms' Oversight Board is reviewing the company's handling of two sexually explicit AI-generated images of female celebrities that circulated on its

Meta oversight board reviews handling of AI-created celebrity porn
Business

Getty-backed AI image generator BRIA snags fresh funding

A "responsible" AI image generation startup backed by stock photo provider Getty Images has raised $24 million in a Series A funding round, including from top ad

Getty-backed AI image generator BRIA snags fresh funding
Business

Meta to start labeling AI-generated images from companies like OpenAI, Google

Meta Platforms will begin detecting and labeling images generated by other companies' artificial intelligence services in the coming months, using a set of invisible

Meta to start labeling AI-generated images from companies like OpenAI, Google
Business

Meta used copyrighted books for AI training despite its own lawyers' warnings, authors allege

Meta Platforms' lawyers had warned it about the legal perils of using thousands of pirated books to train its AI models, but the company did it anyway, according to

Meta used copyrighted books for AI training despite its own lawyers' warnings, authors allege
Business

Exclusive-Meta's head of augmented reality software stepping down

Meta's head of augmented reality software is stepping down from his role, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Friday, raising questions about the company's

Exclusive-Meta's head of augmented reality software stepping down
Business

Former Meta employee tells Senate company failed to protect teens' safety

A former Meta employee testified before a U.S.

Former Meta employee tells Senate company failed to protect teens' safety
Business

Exclusive-Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit on Wednesday

Meta is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, two sources

Exclusive-Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit on Wednesday
Business

Meta's new AI chatbot trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts

Meta Platforms used public Facebook and Instagram posts to train its new Meta AI virtual assistant, but excluded private posts shared only with family

Meta's new AI chatbot trained on public Facebook and Instagram posts
Political

Meta bars political advertisers from using generative AI ads tools

Facebook owner Meta is barring political campaigns

Meta bars political advertisers from using generative AI ads tools
World

Meta oversight board to examine Israel-Hamas war content

(This Dec. 7 story has been corrected to remove the reference to Human Rights Watch investigation into hospital explosion because it concerns a different hospital in Gaza, in paragraph 8) By Katie

Meta oversight board to examine Israel-Hamas war content
Business|Technology

Meta's Facebook says it is attracting most young adults in 3 years

Meta said on Friday its flagship app Facebook is attracting its highest number of young adults in three years, as it tries to shake the platform's reputation as the

Meta's Facebook says it is attracting most young adults in 3 years
Business|Technology

Google, augmented reality startup Magic Leap strike partnership deal

Alphabet's Google and augmented reality startup Magic Leap are forming a strategic technology partnership and working on building immersive experiences that blend

Google, augmented reality startup Magic Leap strike partnership deal
News

Meta oversight board, reviewing Biden video, says deepfake rule 'incoherent'

Meta's Oversight Board has found a Facebook video wrongfully suggesting that U.S.

Meta oversight board, reviewing Biden video, says deepfake rule 'incoherent'

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