Google’s Plan to Catch ChatGPT is to Stuff AI into Everything
A new internal directive requires “generative artificial intelligence” to be incorporated into all of its biggest products within months. Artificial intelligence was supposed to be Google’s thing. The company has cultivated a reputation for making long-term bets on all kinds of far-off technologies, and much of the research underpinning the current wave of AI-powered chatbots took […]
Trump Will Return to the Meta Facebook Platform after Two Years of Ban
Social media giant Meta announced it will end a two-year suspension of former US President Donald Trump from its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Calling the suspension an “extraordinary decision made in extraordinary circumstances,” Meta issued a press release on its website Wednesday saying it would allow Trump to return to his platforms “in the coming […]
Meta Oversight Board Approves Posts Saying “Death to” Iran’s Leader
The Oversight Board of Meta Platforms Inc. reversed the decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan “death to Khamenei” to criticize Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as not violating a rule prohibiting violent threats. The board, which is funded by Meta but operates independently, said that in the context of the […]
Texas Social Media Law on Web Censorship Upheld by Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court has upheld the validity of a Texas social media law that companies like Meta Platforms Inc. and Twitter Inc. say will prevent them from blocking hate speech and extremism. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans on Friday lifted a lower court order that had prevented […]
Facebook’s biggest threat is the law
Meta Platforms Inc. has become a light stick for legal challenges in the United States. Challenges, from FTC’s antitrust case to shareholder lawsuits alleging the company misled investors. Last week, eight complaints has filed against the company across the United States. It includes allegations that young people who visit Instagram and Facebook committed suicide. They […]