Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming
That is how you get widespread bias and disinformation. — #gigo Bluesky: @nzpom.com : These were some early examples of Grok testing that were accidentally released into production Kevin Veale / @kr...
Meta proposes standards to identify AI content that its industry peers could use, and plans to label AI images posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
but Leave Plenty Undetected Scrippsnews.com : Meta to add ‘AI-generated’ label to images made by third-party tools Johanna Romero / PhoneArena : Meta will begin to label AI-generated content across Fa...
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will debut its next VR headset in October with better eye- and facial-tracking features to bolster users' feeling of “social presence”
Mark Zuckerberg is the chief executive of Meta Platforms Inc. … Daniel Petrov / PhoneArena : Meta's AR/VR device to launch in October as Zuckerberg touts non-verbal revolution Scott Hayden / Road to V...
Amazon is working on letting Alexa mimic any voice after hearing less than a minute of audio, as a way to “make the memories last” of deceased family members
your dead relative's James Hennessy / The Terminal : Art, death and imagined conversations Argam Artashyan / Gizchina : So Will The New Alexa Feature Resurrect The Dead Or Not? Kate Kozuch / Tom's Gui...
Twitter updated its iOS app to let users swipe between the algorithmic Home and reverse chronological Latest timelines but users can't make Latest the default
changed default, gradually hid the way to change it back under more and more obscure menus, then did away with algo entirely (or hid it so well that dumb old me couldn't find it anymore). Nick de la T...
Facebook's NPE division launches BARS, a TikTok-like app for rappers to create and share their raps using professionally created beats, in closed beta
Easily create and share raps — iPhone Screenshots Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Facebook's new app Bars will let you rap over premade beats Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog : Facebook BARS App Let...
Behind Twitter's plan to fix the problems like disinformation, harassment, and outrage through its new prototype app twttr
In March, Twitter cofounder Biz Stone tweeted a screenshot of an iPhone homescreen along with a message: “Notice our new prototype? ...
Facebook begins to test local news feature called Today In across six US cities, combining human curation and AI to surface news, events, and announcements
Facebook is vetting local publishers that appear in this section. — Facebook wants to make it easier for people to find local news from vetted sources. Tweets: @caseynewton , @hannahkuchler , and @k...