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AI’s Rise: Will Humanity Lose Control of Its Future?
Published on 18/03/2025
» Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an integral part of our daily lives. Leading this transformation is ChatGPT, which now receives 122 million daily visits and has an active user base exceeding 400 million. By August last year, its parent company OpenAI had seen its technology adopted by 92% of Fortune 500 companies, solidifying its dominance in the AI landscape.
Beware of Big Tech steering AI rules
Oped, Published on 04/09/2024
» Last October, the European Commission adopted a new roadmap to fight drug trafficking and organised crime, one of the most serious security threats facing the bloc. For obvious reasons, European Union policymakers did not invite cartel members to help design and develop this strategy; asking for input from criminal networks would have only made it easier for them to continue operating with impunity.
EU 'enforcer' visits Twitter, Meta as new rules loom
AFP, Published on 22/06/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - The EU commissioner in charge of enforcing Europe's new landmark rules on online content is heading to San Francisco on Thursday to ensure that the big platforms are ready.
Meta hit with 390 mn euro fine over EU data breaches
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» DUBLIN - US social media giant Meta was slapped Wednesday with fines totalling 390 million euros ($413 million) for breaching EU personal data laws on Facebook and Instagram, Ireland's data regulator said.
Facebook changing with times a decade after stock debut
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg rang the opening bell remotely to cheers 10 years ago as the beloved social network made its stock market debut, culminating an all-night hackathon that included street hockey, costumes and music.
Facebook: from Harvard dorm to global phenomenon
AFP, Published on 16/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: Key chapters in the history of Facebook, the world's biggest social media application, which marks the tenth anniversary Wednesday of its stock market debut.
US lawmakers rebuff Instagram boss's self-regulation pitch
AFP, Published on 09/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - Instagram's boss aimed to appease fuming US lawmakers Wednesday with a rosy view of the photo-sharing app's impact on teens, but they rejected his self-regulation proposal and signalled a rekindled push to clamp down on Big Tech.
'Facebook Papers' hit as platform reports billions in profit
AFP, Published on 26/10/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook announced over $9 billion in quarterly profits on Monday, hours after a US news collective published a deluge of withering reports arguing the company prioritizes its growth over people's safety.
'Facebook Papers' explode ahead of platform's earnings report
AFP, Published on 25/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - Facebook was hit Monday by scathing reports from at least a dozen US news outlets based on internal documents, just hours before the company was to release its earnings report.
Kids may be red line in Facebook regulation fight: experts
AFP, Published on 07/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - Facebook's previous major scandals barely dented its global dominance, but experts said Wednesday the tech giant may have hit a red line this time: evidence that it knew children using its apps were at risk of being harmed.