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Facebook, Instagram to offer paid ad-free Europe subscriptions
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» BRUSSELS - Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will be able to buy subscriptions to use the social networks without being tracked for targeted advertising from next month, Meta announced Monday, to comply with tougher European Union (EU) rules.
ChatGPT turns to business as popularity wanes
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - OpenAI on Monday said it was launching a business version of ChatGPT as its artificial intelligence sensation grapples with declining usership nine months after its historic debut.
ChatGPT dragged to US court over AI copyright
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» WASHINGTONL: United States comedian Sarah Silverman and two other authors have sued Open AI over copyright infringement in the latest pushback by creatives since the company's release of ChatGPT took the world by storm.
BuzzFeed, Vice woes signal crisis in digital-only media
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» NEW YORK: With the closure of BuzzFeed News and bankruptcy looming at Vice, the once promising world of free digital media finds itself at a crossroads, seeing ad revenues dry up at the same time as disappointed investors begin walking away.
EU rolls out stricter rules for online platforms
AFP, Published on 25/04/2023
» BRUSSELS: The European Union on Tuesday designated 19 online platforms, including Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, as having user numbers so big they will come under stricter regulatory rules for content.
Meta maps way to 'kill' online deception campaigns
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: Meta on Thursday released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment.
Facebook, Instagram roll out paid subscription
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» SYDNEY: Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users' willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free.
Users say Microsoft's Bing chatbot gets defensive and testy
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft's fledgling Bing chatbot can go off the rails at times, denying obvious facts and chiding users, according to exchanges being shared online by developers testing the AI creation.
Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions -- the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.
Meta bans ads targeted at teens based on gender
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: Meta, owner of Instagram and Facebook, on Tuesday said it will stop allowing advertisers to target ads at teens based on gender, as it fights accusations that its platforms are harmful to young users.