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Meta Is Making Instagram Political Again
In a post on (where else?) Threads, Mosseri said the company will be shifting away from its opt-in requirement for users to see political content. Instead, political content will be recommended by default, and users will have the ability to adjust the fire hose with three different settings options: less, standard, and more.
Where to find Meta AI in Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram—and what you can do with it
You’ll find Meta AI front and center in Meta’s apps: In the Facebook Messenger app, for example, tap Chats and you’ll see a Meta AI input box right at the top, above your real life friends and family members. Tap inside that box, and you can start chatting about whatever topic you like. You can also tap Meta AI on the tab bar at the bottom.
Meta Opens Floodgates For AI-Generated Accounts On Facebook, Instagram
AI-generated user accounts are the new normal for Instagram and Facebook parent, Meta. Here's how AI influencers and artificial accounts are evolving.
Meta retracts AI-powered profiles on Instagram and Facebook
Meta Platforms is deleting AI-powered profiles introduced on Facebook and Instagram in 2023, reports say. This decision follows a social media backlash triggered by a Meta executive's interview that brought renewed attention to these AI profiles. Stocks rise, but weekly losses loom as Wall Street looks likely to skip 'Santa Claus' rally
Meta’s AI Profiles Are Already Polluting Instagram and Facebook With Slop
Something about George Romero’s 1978 film about doomed survivors riding out the zombie apocalypse in a shopping mall feels resonant today as I look across Meta’s suite of AI-created profiles. The movie’s blue-skinned corpses don’t know they’re dead. They just wander through the shopping center on autopilot, looking for something new to consume.
Meta: We're Bringing Back Political Content on Instagram and Threads, Too
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri argued that having political content on Threads comes with too many 'integrity risks.' But Meta's recent push to 'restore free expression' changes all that.
Politics pushed on all Instagram and Threads users
Threads and Instagram users will no longer be able to opt out of being shown political content from people they do not follow, parent company Meta has announced. The firm says its part of its reorientation towards "free expression" - a move that saw it ditch fact checkers on Tuesday.
Meta to phase back in political content on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Meta today explained how it would make changes to political content in users’ feeds, saying that it would take a ‘more personalized approach’ going forward. For starters, it would take ‘civic content’ from people and Pages you follow on Facebook and treat it more like any other content in your feed — meaning ranking it and displaying based on both explicit and implicit signals,
Meta cites political bias in move to suspend fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the 2016 policy led to excessive censorship and the platforms will adopt new, user-based content monitoring.
Political content on Instagram and Threads ramped up
Users will no longer be able to opt out of political content from people they do not follow.
Meta’s AI Personas: The Future of Social Media or the End of Authenticity?
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Is AI’s Instagram truth bomb a chilling and revealing glimpse into social media’s future?
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Meta's fake Instagram profiles are everything that's wrong with AI
From a fake textiles class with OAPs to, perhaps the most depressing example, non-existent donated coats, the images shared ...
Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies
Meta deleted several of its own AI-generated accounts after human users began engaging with them and posting about the bots’ ...
Instagram users find AI images of themselves on their feeds in ‘nightmarish situation’ — here’s what to do
An Instagram user was scrolling through his feed only to stumble upon AI-generated photos of himself shared by Meta AI. But ...
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You May See an AI Version of Yourself as an Instagram Post: Here's How to Turn It Off
To opt out, the spokesperson said, users can tap the three dots on the top-right corner of a post and then select "Hide" to ...
Meta's dream of AI-generated users isn't going anywhere
Meta took down a few reviled AI-generated users. But that's not the end of the story. It still sees more AI bots talking to you in the future.
Meta Deleted Its Controversial AI Profiles. Here’s Why
Quickly, people began criticizing them. Some compared the AI-powered personas to the Netflix sci-fi series Black Mirror, ...