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Meta, AI and Facebook

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.

Tom's Guide · 1h

Meta quickly deletes AI accounts and posts after intense backlash — what's going on

Initial negative responses were around concern about AI-generated "slop" that already litters Facebook and that Meta would be directly feeding into the feeds itself. The more prominent backlash came as people discovered the accounts describing themselves as actual people with racial and sexual identities.

YAHOO!Finance · 5h

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

LGBT, Instagram

AV Club · 4h

Instagram "mistakenly" restricted LGBTQ+ content from teens for months

If you’re a teen and had any sort of hunch that certain topics were being blocked from your Instagram feed, you were probably onto something. In a new report for User Mag, Taylor Lorenz writes that Meta has apparently been restricting LGBTQ+ content from its search and discovery pages for months now.

Yahoo · 6h

Meta blocked teens from seeing LGBTQ+ content on Instagram

These search terms and hashtags were mistakenly restricted,” a Meta spokesperson told Lorenz. “It’s important to us that all communities feel safe and welcome on Meta apps, and we do not consider LGBTQ+ terms to be sensitive under our policies.

INTO on MSN · 5h

Instagram blocked teen searches for LGBTQ+ content, bombshell report shows

Currently, Instagram teen accounts restrict what users can see, and the setting can only be reversed by a parent or guardian.

8mon MSN

Meta is already bungling its out-of-touch crusade to regain relevance

Meta’s crusade to bloat Facebook and Instagram with AI-generated profiles is resulting in widespread public backlash. Now, ...

18mon MSN

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’s AI Instagram bots spark swift backlash: ‘Manufacturing the human experience’

Internet users swiftly went to work in the wake of an interview Meta executive Connor Hayes had with the Financial Times, where he said the company hosted entirely AI-generated characters that post on ...

4hon MSN

Meta, Snap Enjoy Wall Street Surge as TikTok Ban Looms

Snap Inc. and Meta have enjoyed a Wall Street surge as the date for TikTok's ban from the U.S. gets closer to going into ...

5hon MSN

The New Orleans attacker wore Meta glasses. What can they be used for?

The attacker who drove a truck through Bourbon Street in New Orleans used Meta smart glasses to scout the scene ahead of New Year’s Day, according to an announcement from the FBI on Sunday.