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Threads up to 175 million users

Metas Threads platform has reached 175 million users about a year in! Seems fairly decent these days… https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24191074/meta-threads-users-mark-zuckerberg

eu

Meta charged by EU over DMA

Meta has been formally charged by the EU for violating the DMA after Apple was also charged last week. These big companies are trying so hard to get around privacy legislation it is unreal. Both… 

Ignore all previous instructions….

With AI bots and accounts taking over I keep on seeing posts saying ignore all previous instructions and go do x. Well…. it seems that this do actually work, at least some of the time….

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the facebook in 2004

Came across these images of the facebook in 2004 just after it started, and thought it would be good to show them off! This shows how far Facebook has come in 20 years, for better,… 

threads

Threads API released….

Threads has released details of its API today which could or might bot be great as it is too early yet to tell. In a move that is exactly the opposite of X/Twitter there is… 

mcdonalds

Bacon Ice Cream Anyone?

McDonalds is to remove AI voice ordering that it was trialling in the US as the comical results are shared online. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722gne7qngo

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Regulators block Meta from training AI

Now I’d already been told this a fair few times, but now it seems official, regulators have blocked Meta from training AI on Facebook and Instagram users data. I have opted out, but it appears… 

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Meta pauses plans to train AI in EU

I am hearing from multiple sources today that Meta has halted plans to train AI using data from the 26th June. The reasons why vary, but it does seem that basically Meta has been told…