OpenAI’s private roundtable meeting in Delhi was attended by former top Indian government Information Technology officials and tech scholars. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Popular generative artificial intelligence company OpenAI, best known for its ChatGPT tool, gathered some of the top tech policy and civil society representatives in India on February 12 to discuss AI-driven … Read more
A federal judge on Monday prevented Ohio from implementing a new law that requires social media companies, including Meta Platform’s Instagram and ByteDance’s TikTok, to obtain parental consent before allowing children under 16 to use their platforms. Chief US District Judge Algenon Marbley in Columbia agreed with the tech industry trade group NetChoice that the law violated minors’ free speech … Read more
“They’re responsible for many of the dangers our children face online,” US Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, who chairs the committee, said in opening remarks. “Their design choices, their failures to adequately invest in trust and safety, their constant pursuit of engagement and profit over basic safety have all put our kids and grandkids at … Read more
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has said that it will not proactively suggest political content to users by default on Instagram and Threads. Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced the change in a Threads post on Friday and said that users will still see political content from accounts they follow, but the apps will no longer … Read more
Meta announced it removed Facebook and Instagram accounts run by the office of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Thursday. Meta Spokesperson told RFE/RL “We have removed these accounts for repeatedly violating our Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy.” According to the Meta website, “the Dangerous Organizations … Read more
Alarmed by a global wave of deepfakes related to upcoming elections, Meta said it is ramping up its efforts to identify and label AI-generated images, building on its existing initiatives to combat misinformation. In line with this, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company is developing a tool that will identify AI-generated content when it surfaces on Facebook, … Read more
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg New York: Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the fifth richest person in the world following a surge in Meta’s share price that has seen his net worth increase more than any other individual this year, MarketWatch reported. In 2024 so far, Zuckerberg has already seen his net worth increase … Read more
This article originally appeared on Business Insider. After a rough couple of years, Meta is flying: Revenue is growing again, profits are way up after some painful belt-tightening, and its stock is at a record high. What could possibly go wrong? Well, maybe Mark Zuckerberg, its CEO, could get hurt, or worse, in a cage … Read more
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg’s stunning apology to the parents of online child sex abuse victims during a Senate hearing was “too little, too late,” according to one of the state attorneys general currently suing the social media giant. New Mexico attorney general Raúl Torrez, whose office has sued Meta for exposing kids to adult sex content … Read more
CBS News Live 2 Live Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and four other leaders of social media companies are being reprimanded by lawmakers on Wednesday for not doing enough to safeguard kids online. The Senate hearing opened with videos of people describing being sexually exploited on Facebook, Instagram and X, with Sen. Lindsey Graham telling Zuckerberg … Read more
