Meta Faces Lawsuit from Americans Over Child Safety
A coalition of 34 American states has filed a lawsuit against the social media giant Meta, accusing Facebook and Instagram of improperly manipulating juveniles who use their platforms. This development coincides with accelerated advances in text and generative artificial intelligence (AI). Legal representatives from several states, including California, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia, and […]
Meta to Announce Another Round of Layoff
Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, is reportedly preparing for a significant staff adjustment in its Reality Labs division. The organization has already seen two rounds of layoffs since 2022. Reuters has gathered from individuals close to the situation that the Menlo Park-based company has already informed its staff about the layoffs. According to […]
Meta Denies Using Copyright Infringing Material in AI Training
Meta has refuted claims that Llama’s artificial intelligence (AI) model was trained to utilize copy-protected content from popular novels in a lawsuit against Sarah Silverman and other authors. Meta asked a federal magistrate in San Francisco on September 18 to dismiss claims made by author Sarah Silverman and several other authors that it violated their […]
Meta Brings Horizon Worlds to Mobile Devices, Web
Meta has taken a step towards achieving its goal of making Horizon Worlds more accessible by bringing it to the web and mobile devices. The collaborative virtual reality (VR) platform Horizon Worlds, which Meta created, is coming to mobile devices and the web in early access, according to a blog post published on September 14 […]
Alibaba Releases Two Open-sourced AI Models
Chinese IT and e-commerce behemoth Alibaba has unveiled two open-sourced AI models, Qwen-7B and Qwen-7B-Chat. According to a press release, the Chinese tech and e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group announced the availability of two open-sourced artificial intelligence (AI) models on August 3. Qwen-7B and Qwen-7B-Chat are the names of its two large language models (LLMs), each […]