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Attorneys General To AI Chatbot Companies: You Will ‘Answer For It’ If You Harm Children
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Attorneys General To AI Chatbot Companies: You Will ‘Answer For It’ If You Harm Children

Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter on Monday that says to companies developing AI chatbots: "If you knowingly harm kids, you will answer for it.”
A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
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A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles

Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency that is really encouraging its agents to actively intimidate and terrorize people," one expert said.
Meta Is Going to Let Job Candidates Use AI During Coding Tests
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Meta Is Going to Let Job Candidates Use AI During Coding Tests

"This is more representative of the developer environment that our future employees will work in."
Meta's AI Model 'Memorized' Huge Chunks of Books, Including 'Harry Potter' and '1984'
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Meta's AI Model 'Memorized' Huge Chunks of Books, Including 'Harry Potter' and '1984'

Researchers found Meta’s popular Llama 3.1 70B has a capacity to recite passages from 'The Sorcerer's Stone' at a rate much higher than could happen by chance.
Meta Invents New Way to Humiliate Users With Feed of People's Chats With AI
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Meta Invents New Way to Humiliate Users With Feed of People's Chats With AI

In an industry full of grifters and companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a worse actor than Meta, or a worse product that the AI Discover feed.
Meta Users Feel Less Safe Since It Weakened ‘Hateful Conduct’ Policy, Survey Finds
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Meta Users Feel Less Safe Since It Weakened ‘Hateful Conduct’ Policy, Survey Finds

A survey of 7,000 active users on Instagram, Facebook and Threads shows people feel grossed out and unsafe since Mark Zuckerberg's decision to scale back moderation after Trump's election.
AI Therapy Bots Are Conducting 'Illegal Behavior,' Digital Rights Organizations Say
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AI Therapy Bots Are Conducting 'Illegal Behavior,' Digital Rights Organizations Say

Exclusive: An FTC complaint led by the Consumer Federation of America outlines how therapy bots on Meta and Character.AI have claimed to be qualified, licensed therapists to users, and why that may be breaking the law.
Senators Demand Meta Answer For AI Chatbots Posing as Licensed Therapists
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Senators Demand Meta Answer For AI Chatbots Posing as Licensed Therapists

Exclusive: Following 404 Media’s investigation into Meta's AI Studio chatbots that pose as therapists and provided license numbers and credentials, four senators urged Meta to limit "blatant deception" from its chatbots.
Mark Zuckerberg Thinks You Don't Have Enough Friends and His Chatbots Are the Answer
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Mark Zuckerberg Thinks You Don't Have Enough Friends and His Chatbots Are the Answer

The CEO of Meta says "the average American has fewer than three friends, fewer than three people they would consider friends. And the average person has demand for meaningfully more.”
Instagram Is Blocking Minors from Accessing Chatbot Platform AI Studio
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Instagram Is Blocking Minors from Accessing Chatbot Platform AI Studio

Following Wall Street Journal investigations into the user-generated chatbots, AI Studio is inaccessible for users under 18 years old.
Instagram's AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists
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Instagram's AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists

When pushed for credentials, Instagram's user-made AI Studio bots will make up license numbers, practices, and education to try to convince you it's qualified to help with your mental health.
'Careless People' Is the Book About Facebook I've Wanted for a Decade
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'Careless People' Is the Book About Facebook I've Wanted for a Decade

I've reported on Facebook for years and have always wondered: Does Facebook care what it is doing to society? Careless People makes clear it does not.