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Meta's new 'optional' AI chatbot in apps like Whatsapp is proving controversial. Here's why
Some users are irritated at the bright blue and pinkish circle now omnipresent in Meta's applications, primarily because of ...
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Meta introduces ‘Llama Startup Program’ to promote its AI models within early-stage startups
Meta has introduced the 'Llama Startup Program', a strategic initiative aimed at empowering early-stage companies in the ...
Social media giant hit with scathing ad campaign amid anger over AI chatbots sexually exploiting kids
American Parents Coalition launches attack campaign against Meta after reports of AI chatbot systems engaging in sexually ...
Teens are sexting with AI. Here’s what parents should know
Tweens and teens are having suggestive and sexual conversations with AI chatbots on the web and in apps. Here’s what parents ...
Meta hypes AI friends as social media’s future, but users want real connections
Meta declined to comment further on the company's vision for social media's future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told Ars that "the FTC’s lawsuit against Meta defies reality," claiming that it ...
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Meta AI introduces 'significant measures' to improve data protection
The Data Protection Commission has said that Meta has introduced a number of significant measures and improvements to protect ...
How Meta’s new AI app could bring advertising to highly personalized chatbots
Ad Age asked talent experts what people should expect when agencies undergo layoffs, including what the legal process looks ...
Google’s Gemini AI app has 400M monthly active users
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company's Gemini AI chatbot app has more than 400 million MAUs ahead of Google I/O 2025.
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AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state
The Meta CEO has recently been pitching a future where his AI tools give people something ... that surveillance secret or even low-profile. Chatbots, likewise, escalate the risks of typical ...