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Your Facebook and Instagram posts will be used to train Meta's AI soon – here's how to opt out

Meta has announced that it'll use your public Facebook and Instagram posts in the UK to train its AI models -here's how to opt out.

TechRadar

Meta to push on with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts to train AI

Move to use shared posts follows information commissioner concerns and sets collision course with EU over privacy

The Guardian - UK

Here are 9 things you need to know about OpenAI's o1 model

The new model shows impressive reasoning abilities, but is unlikely to give OpenAI a lasting advantage over rivals.

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UK users' Facebook and Instagram posts to be used to train AI, Meta announces

FACEBOOK and Instagram parent firm Meta has said it will soon begin training its AI models using public posts to the social media sites from UK…

The National (Scotland)

Why One Analyst Says the 'Magnificent 6' Will Dominate Future AI Waves

The 'Mag 7' stocks, except for Tesla, will continue to rule the next waves of artificial intelligence, says this analyst.

Barchart

How social media became a storefront for fake pills as families struggle

Fentanyl overdoses have become a leading cause of death for minors in the last 5 years or so — and social media, where tainted, fake prescription drugs can be obtained with just a few clicks, is part of the problem

The Independent UK

Parents ‘don’t use’ parental controls on Facebook and Instagram, says Nick Clegg

Meta’s global affairs chief points to ‘behavioural issue’ around child safety tools on the social media platforms

The Guardian - UK

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U.S. Dividend Payouts Accelerated in Q2, Led By Alphabet and Meta

Dividend payouts grew at an impressive rate in the second quarter, with Magnificent 7 stocks Alphabet and Meta helping fuel the increases.

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Australian lawmakers get Meta to say the quiet part out loud

Meta says only EU users can opt-out of having public posts used for AI training because of EU law

Fortune

Europe tackles Google's AI after crackdowns on Meta and X

Google may be in trouble over the rollout of its PaLM 2 large language model last year.

Fortune

Dealers' paradise? How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills as families struggle

The Independent UK

The privacy paywall has landed in the UK – here's what you can do about it

After Europe, some of the most-read UK newspapers are testing out the 'Pay and Consent' model. Here are some tips to claim back your privacy.

TechRadar

This Meta Connect reveal could change AR and gaming forever — and it's not a VR headset or smart glasses

The Meta Quest 3S and Orion AR smart glasses could be highlights of Meta Connect 2024, but one potential reveal could change everything about how we use our devices.

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Pico 4 Ultra review: “The Quest 3 competitor the industry needs”

The Pico 4 Ultra is an excellent standalone VR headset. It has a lightweight feel on your face and some excellent gaming specs that even surpass the Quest 3.

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Ireland launches privacy inquiry into Google AI data use in EU

Ireland's Data Protection Commission is launching an inquiry into Google's Pathways Language Model 2, after the regulator took wins against Meta and X.

The Conversation

Facebook has scraped public data from Australian users without an opt out. What can we do?

Facebook acknowledged in a Senate inquiry yesterday that it is scraping the public photos of Australian users to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models.

TechRadar

Meta admits it scraped all Australian Facebook posts since 2007 to train its AI

Meta has been using Instagram and Facebook user photos and posts train generative AI models.

The Conversation

How well is the federal government regulating social media in Australia?

This is the fourth piece in a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the rest of the series here.

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The Independent UK

Federal judge temporarily blocks Utah social media laws aimed to protect children

A federal judge in Utah temporarily blocked social media access laws aimed at protecting children’s mental health and privacy

Barchart

Will Nvidia Stock Bounce Back? Watch Out for These Risks and Opportunities

Nvidia trades below its 2024 highs and has largely been moving sideways for the last couple of months. Here are the risks and opportunities that investors need to watch out for as the stock tries to rebound toward record highs.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: a contentious Harris v Trump debate; fiery confrontations at weapons expo protest; and Raygun tops world rankings

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have sparred in a contentious US presidential debate

The Conversation

Should parents be worried about social media? We asked 5 experts

The Albanese government has announced it will introduce a social media ban for children.

The Guardian - AU

Meta’s AI is scraping users’ photos and posts. Europeans can opt out, but Australians cannot

Meta’s director of privacy policy declines to say whether such an option would be offered to Australians in the future

AAP

Privacy law calls as Meta admits farming Aussie photos

Experts are calling for changes to privacy laws after Meta revealed Australian photos from Facebook and Instagram were being used to train AI tools.

TechRadar

Meta showcases the hardware that will power recommendations for Facebook and Instagram — low-cost RISC-V cores and mainstream LPDDR5 memory are at the heart of its MTIA recommendation inference CPU

Meta has revealed details of its next Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) chip

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