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Meta adds Hindi and Portuguese support for its AI translation feature for Reels

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Meta is already putting Reels at the center of the Instagram experience on iPad and on mobile in countries like India and South Korea. Now, to allow more people to consume and understand Reels in different languages, the company is adding support for Hindi and Portuguese to its AI-powered translation feature across Instagram and Facebook, […]

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Meta Llama: Everything you need to know about the open generative AI model

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Like every Big Tech company these days, Meta has its own flagship generative AI model, called Llama. Llama is somewhat unique among major models in that it’s “open,” meaning developers can download and use it however they please (with certain limitations). That’s in contrast to models like Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and most of OpenAI’s ChatGPT models, which can only be accessed via APIs.  In

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Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you. (With AI data, it won’t need to.)

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Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted on his account on Wednesday to dispel the myth that the social networking giant is actively “listening” to its users surreptitiously, in order to target them with relevant ads. The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users’ phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy

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OpenAI staff grapples with the company’s social media push

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Several current and former OpenAI researchers are speaking out over the company’s first foray into social media: the Sora app, a TikTok-style feed filled with AI-generated videos and a lot of Sam Altman deepfakes. The researchers, airing their grievances on X, seem torn over how the launch fits into OpenAI’s nonprofit mission to develop advanced

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Facebook adds fan challenges, custom badges for creators

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Facebook is rolling out features that aim to bring fans closer to their favorite creators: fan challenges and customized top fan badges. The fan challenges feature will allow creators to prompt their followers with specific challenges. Followers can participate by making a reel or a post as a response. To encourage more engagement and participation,

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