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Mozilla exits the fediverse and will shutter its Mastodon server in December

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Mozilla is exiting the fediverse. Though the concept of the open social web, also known as the fediverse, has been picking up momentum ever since Meta last year introduced its first-ever federated app, Instagram Threads, Firefox maker Mozilla on Tuesday announced it would be ending its experiment in running a server on the fediverse. The […]

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Snap’s new AI feature lets you create Snapchat Lenses by simply describing them

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Snap, Snapchat’s parent company, is expanding its suite of AI tools for creators. At this year’s Snap Partner Summit in Santa Monica, Snap announced a new feature, Easy Lens, that translates plain-English descriptions into Lenses, Snap’s brand of augmented reality (AR) objects, 3D effects, characters, and transformations for photos and videos. Available in Snap’s developer

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SocialAI offers a Twitter-like diary where AI bots respond to your private posts

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Are we at peak social media yet? It’s an interesting question to ponder after the launch of an iOS app offering a social media experience just for one (i.e. you). At a glance, SocialAI — which is billed as a pure “AI Social Network” — looks like Twitter but there’s one very big twist on

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Mammoth’s founder returns with new iOS app for Mastodon, Saturn

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After founding and selling the popular Mastodon client Mammoth, developer Shihab Mehboob is returning to compete with it with the launch of his new app, Saturn. Not to be confused with the social calendar of the same name, Mehboob’s Saturn works with the decentralized social network Mastodon and specifically offers a unique “Highlights” feature that

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Meta reignites plans to train AI using UK users’ public Facebook and Instagram posts

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Meta has confirmed that it’s restarting efforts to train its AI systems using public Facebook and Instagram posts from its U.K. userbase. The announcement comes three months after Facebook’s parent company paused its plans due to regulatory pressure in the U.K., with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) raising concerns over how the company might use U.K. user data

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Meta is making its AI info label less visible on content edited or modified by AI tools

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Meta is changing the way it labels content that has been edited or modified by AI tools on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. For this type of content, Meta is moving the “AI info” label to the post’s menu. In the past, the label would appear directly under the user’s name.  The company says the label

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Australian plan for misinformation law riles Elon Musk

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The Australian government wants to introduce powers to fine social media platforms up to 5% of their global revenue if they fail to stop the spread of misinformation under a revised legislative plan introduced Thursday, Reuters reports.  The planned law, which looks similar to the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), drew swift condemnation from

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Irish Big Tech watchdog digs into platforms’ content reporting mechanisms after DSA complaints

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Ireland’s media regulator, which oversees the compliance of a raft of tech giants with the EU’s Digital Services Act’s (DSA) general rules, said it is reviewing how major platforms let users report illegal content, following a high number of complaints.  On Thursday, the Coimisiún na Meán (CNM) said one in three DSA complaints it has

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