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Meta removes thousands of accounts linked to Chinese government propaganda campaign
Meta Platforms Inc. today said that it has disrupted a Chinese disinformation campaign that it called the “largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world.” The company said that not only Facebook and Instagram had been infiltrated, but so was Twitter –now X – Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Medium, Substack and Tumblr. In total, the ...
Tech chiefs will meet in Washington next month to discuss AI regulations
The chief executives of some of the largest tech companies in the U.S. will meet at the Capitol next month to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and how it should be regulated in the future. The bipartisan meeting has been organized by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. On his invite list are Tesla Inc.’s ...
Walmart teams up with Alphabet’s Wing for drone deliveries in Dallas
Residents of the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas might soon be getting their groceries delivered by drone after Walmart Inc. today announced that it will partner with Alphabet Inc.’s drone delivery unit Wing. Alphabet, Google LLC’s parent company, has high hopes for Wing, explaining earlier this year that it expects in the near future to ...
To placate EU regulators, Meta will let European users turn off its recommendation algorithms
Meta Platforms Inc. today explained that it has had to make some major changes in Europe to its Instagram and Facebook platforms in order to comply with the bloc’s Digital Services Act, or DSA. Meta, just as any other American tech behemoth will have to do if it wants to meet the requirements of the EU’s ...
As wildfires rage, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau throws daggers at Meta over news block
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today accused Meta Platforms Inc. of thinking more about its bottom line than the safety of residents, as Canada and Meta continue to bump heads over Meta’s blackout of the country’s news. Canada is having its worst fire season on record, with cities engulfed in the Northwest Territories and around ...
Microsoft’s AI travel writer advises foodies visiting Canada to fill up at Ottawa’s food bank
Microsoft Corp. has bet big in artificial intelligence, but it may have to spend a little more on human editors to expunge embarrassing and insulting generative AI goofs. Today a user on X, formerly Twitter — and most likely a lot more people — spotted a Microsoft Travel story on its Microsoft Network website titled ...
New York City bans TikTok on government devices over security concerns
New York City today joined a number of states and government agencies in the U.S. by putting its foot down and banning the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok. Starting today, employees of the city are asked to delete the app and not use it. All agencies are required to have removed it within the next ...
Elon Musk accused of throttling links to competing apps and news sites
X Corp., formerly known as Twitter Inc., reportedly throttled links to websites and applications for which X owner Elon Musk has a particular distaste. The issue has now been resolved, but for a while, when an X user clicked on a link to Meta Platforms Inc.-owned Threads, Facebook or Instagram, there was a five-second delay. ...
X Corp. hit with fine for not turning over data on Donald Trump
X Corp., formerly Twitter Inc., has just been fined $350,000 for contempt of court after the social media giant refused to hand over Donald Trump’s Twitter data to a special counsel investigation. Trump (pictured), who was something of a Twitter addict during his presidency, with a massive following, was banned from the platform after being ...
AI-generated deepfake books were just sold on Amazon under a real author’s name
In what is surely a sign of things to come, an author this week talked about her struggle to get Amazon.com Inc. to take down books that had been written with generative artificial intelligence but were being sold under her name. Right now, the generative AI systems available from companies such as Open AI LC ...