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Facebook's ChatGPT rival will be 100% free to use — what we know

Social media giant Meta has doubled down on the open-source approach and said its ChatGPT rival will be free for all users.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 20, 2023

Cambodia's leader returns to Facebook weeks after an acrimonious breakup with the platform

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has reactivated his Facebook account three weeks after announcing he was forsaking the social media giant in favor of posting on the Telegram messaging app

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Can you trust AI? Here's why you shouldn't

If you ask Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant AI system, whether Amazon is a monopoly, it responds by saying it doesn’t know. It doesn’t take much to make it lambaste the other tech giants, but it’s silent about its own corporate parent’s misdeeds.

The Conversation · Jul 20, 2023

TikTok received more requests to remove child bullying posts than any other social platform in Australia

eSafety commissioner received 795 requests to remove alleged bullying of children from various social media platforms in past 18 months, with 309 from TikTok

The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2023

Heavy on the rhetoric, light on facts: campaign against net zero fields familiar tropes

Claiming ‘woke hysteria’ is driving policy, lobby group Advance Australia makes a series of claims by the usual suspects that are easily debunked

The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2023

TikTok is the most popular news source for 12 to 15-year-olds, says Ofcom

Algorithm-driven viral video app overtakes YouTube and Instagram as most used single source of news for young teenagers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2023

Teenagers now favouring TikTok as single source of news, Ofcom says

TikTok is now the favoured single news source among 12 to 15-year-olds, followed by YouTube and Instagram jointly, Ofcom says.

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2023

Online abuse among college students

Instances of technology-facilitated sexual violence, TFSV, are a growing problem affecting college students across India.

The Hindu · Jul 19, 2023

A chance meeting between two CEOs ended up sparking one of the biggest A.I. deals of the year.

A chance meeting between two CEOs ended up sparking one of the biggest A.I. deals of the year.

Fortune · Jul 19, 2023

Meta and Qualcomm’s A.I. deal is a major step towards virtual assistants that work for us

A.I.s based on Meta's open-source LLaMa 2 model will be optimized for mobile devices, with less cloud reliance.

Fortune · Jul 19, 2023