Meta Agrees to Set Time Limits for Kids Using Instagram, Facebook in Major Legal Settlement
The tech giant is also calling on TikTok and YouTube to adopt the same policies. Source: THR
UK cinemas look at banning Meta smart glasses over piracy fears
The UK Cinema Association (UKCA) trade body said that a number of local chains could end up introducing policies that restrict camera-enabled smart glasses at the big screen, adding to a growing list of venues concerned about covert use. … Continued
Meta discontinues Instagram feature on new AI image generation tool after Hollywood backlash
A new tool that let people take publicly posted Instagram photos and use AI to generate new images from them drew such a big backlash in Hollywood that Meta has discontinued one of the features. Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/metas-ai-image-generation-tool-100000681.html
Meta Is in Crisis, Google Search’s Makeover, and AI Gets Booed by Graduates
The team discusses Meta’s recent layoffs and what they’ve been hearing from employees about the increasingly grim vibes at the company. They also talk about Elon Musk losing his lawsuit against OpenAI and share highlights from Google’s annual conference—including an … Continued
AI cost crisis hits tech giants as employee ‘tokenmaxxing’ backfires, sparking corporate pullback at Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon — agentic AI eats up to 1000x more tokens than standard AI
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger claimed that his team spent more than $1.3 million in token costs in just a single month. Because of this, it’s now apparent that using AI is more expensive than hiring people, especially since it offers … Continued
Meta in row after workers who say they saw smart glasses users having sex lose jobs
Meta is under pressure to explain why it cancelled a major contract with a company it was using to train AI, shortly after some of its Kenya-based workers alleged they had to view graphic content captured by Meta smart glasses. … Continued