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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.
'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio
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'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio

"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
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Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed

Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."
Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes
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Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes

Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.