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Conservative influencer and anti-DEI agitator Robby Starbuck has a new role: advising tech giant Meta on how to prevent “bias” in its artificial intelligence systems.
Revelations about how bots could talk to children on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and its Meta AI assistant were met with revulsion.
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
Instagram users have told the BBC of their confusion, fear and anger after having their accounts suspended, often for being wrongly accused by parent company Meta of breaching the platform's child sex abuse rules.
Meta is revising policies that allowed its AI bots to engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with young children, following an explosive report.
AI can sometimes give dangerous advice to its users. Meta's Yann LeCun thinks some simple guardrails would ensure AI never harms humans.
Meta is spending a fortune to assemble the brightest minds in artificial intelligence. Research suggests that packing a team with too much genius can backfire.
Meta is planning its fourth overhaul of artificial intelligence efforts in six months, The Information reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
Notably, if you add up how much Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Palo Alto Networks spent protecting their CEOs in 2024, it’s still about $7 million—26%—less than what Meta spent to guard Zuckerberg.
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