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OpenAI and ChatGPT logos are seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. Worldwide desktop and mobile website visits to the ChatGPT website decreased by 3.2% to 1.43 billion in August, following approximately 10% drops from each of the previous two months. U.S. ChatGPT traffic in August rose slightly, in concert with American schools being back in session. OpenAI also released the ChatGPT app on the iOS system in May, which could sap some traffic from its website. Besides ChatGPT, OpenAI makes money by selling access to its AI models for developers and enterprises directly and through a partnership with Microsoft, which invested over $10 billion into the company.

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☆ Factbox: How the EU's Digital Markets Act challenges Big Tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Martin Coulter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

On Wednesday, the EU Commission designated 22 services of the major tech companies as "gatekeepers" of online services. That means they will be required to make their messaging apps inter-operate with rivals and let users decide which apps to pre-install on their devices. APP STORES:Apple and Google will be forced to provide space for third-party app stores on their respective iOS and Android devices. For example, they may offer users a “choice screen” with a range of options upon setting up their device. MESSAGING:Under the DMA’s new interoperability rules, gatekeepers’ messaging apps will no longer be siloed off from others.

Persons: ByteDance, Ben Wood, Apple’s, Martin Coulter, William Maclean Organizations: New, Union, Big Tech, Markets, EU Commission, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Insight, Reuters, EU, Facebook, Thomson

Those who pay for Facebook and Instagram subscriptions would not see ads in the apps, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the plans are confidential. That may help Meta fend off privacy concerns and other scrutiny from E.U. regulators by giving users an alternative to the company’s ad-based services, which rely on analyzing people’s data, the people said. Meta would also continue to offer free versions of Facebook and Instagram with ads in the European Union, the people said. It is unclear how much the paid versions of the apps would cost or when the company might roll them out.

Persons: Meta Organizations: Facebook, European Union Locations: United States, Europe

☆ Meta pins pro-China influence campaign on Chinese law enforcement
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Katie Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Facebook parent company Meta said on Tuesday it had uncovered links between people associated with Chinese law enforcement and a long-running but largely ineffectual operation to positively influence people on social media about China. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. China’s foreign ministry said it was not aware of the findings, but added that individuals and institutions have often launched campaigns against China on social media platforms. Truly identify what lies and rumours are, what is the truth, and effectively eliminate false information related to China,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said when asked about the matter at a news briefing on Wednesday. The “Spamouflage” network first started out posting on large platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, now called X.

Persons: Meta, Yves Herman, ”, Wang Wenbin, Ben Nimmo, Nimmo Organizations: YORK, Facebook, REUTERS, Meta, YouTube, Twitter, Global, Intelligence Locations: China, Brussels, Belgium, United States, Beijing, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan

☆ Meta’s ‘Biggest Single Takedown’ Removes Chinese Influence Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Sheera Frenkel | More About Sheera Frenkel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Feb. 27, an article claiming that the United States was behind the bombing of the Nord Stream underwater pipelines in the Baltic Sea was published on the Substack and Blogspot blogging platforms. The posts were part of a Chinese influence campaign that stands out as the largest such operation to date, researchers at Meta said in a report on Tuesday. The effort, which the company said had started with Chinese law enforcement and was discovered in 2019, was aimed at advancing China’s interests and discrediting its adversaries, such as the United States, Meta said. In total, 7,704 Facebook accounts, 954 Facebook pages, 15 Facebook groups and 15 Instagram accounts tied to the Chinese campaign were removed by Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Hundreds of other accounts on TikTok, X, LiveJournal and Blogspot also participated in the campaign, which researchers named Spamouflage, for the frequent posting of spamlike messages, according to Meta’s report.

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☆ AI tools make things up a lot, and that’s a huge problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But as more people turn to this buzzy technology for things like homework help, workplace research, or health inquiries, one of its biggest pitfalls is becoming increasingly apparent: AI models often just make things up. Researchers have come to refer to this tendency of AI models to spew inaccurate information as “hallucinations,” or even “confabulations,” as Meta’s AI chief said in a tweet. A number of high-profile hallucinations from AI tools have already made headlines. Cracking down on AI hallucinations, however, could limit AI tools’ ability to help people with more creative endeavors — like users that are asking ChatGPT to write poetry or song lyrics. How to prevent or fix AI hallucinations is a “point of active research,” Venkatasubramanian said, but at present is very complicated.

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☆ Large US tech companies face new EU regulations
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Although the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) passed last year, companies have had until now to prepare for its enforcement. Friday marks the arrival of a key compliance deadline — after which tech platforms with more than 45 million EU users will have to meet the obligations laid out in the law. But the list finalized in April includes the most powerful tech companies in the world, and, for those firms, violations can be expensive. The DSA permits EU officials to issue fines worth up to 6% of a very large platform’s global annual revenue. In a statement, a Microsoft spokesperson told CNN the DSA deadline “is an important milestone in the fight against illegal content online.

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☆ Tupperware preserves lessons for Mark Zuckerberg
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Lauren Silva Laughlin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tupperware Brands (TUP.N) is struggling to stop the rot. As much as technology has remade business strategies over the past 77 years, Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) leans on a comparable one. Enter Brownie Wise, the saleswoman credited with pioneering the “Tupperware effect” of teaching women how to flog to their friends by hosting themed gatherings in their living rooms. Ironically enough, in the interim Tupperware also become the product of another modern network effect, a meme stock, or a highly speculative online investment. Tupperware has about a quarter of the active salesforce it did at the end of 2012, the same year Facebook bought Instagram.

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☆ Here’s what Donald Trump’s return to X could mean for the platform’s business
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Trump’s return appeared to be welcomed by X owner Musk, who has been encouraging politicians and public figures to post on the site in a bid to improve user numbers. If Trump decides to return to regularly posting on X, it could be a major boon to the platform’s effort to attract an audience as it faces increased competition. Trump’s return “should have a positive impact on [X’s] engagement at a time when it needs it,” D.A. What’s more, after making his return to X, Trump appeared to try to clarify where his loyalty lies. !” Trump posted on the X competitor platform.

Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Trump’s, Musk, ” D.A, Davidson, Tom Forte, Linda Yaccarino, –, ” Forte, ”, ” Trump Organizations: New, New York CNN, Twitter, Republican, CNN, Nazi, Trump, Facebook Locations: New York, Georgia, Washington

☆ Meghan Bobrowsky — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Meghan BobrowskyMeghan Bobrowsky is a technology reporter in The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. She covers breaking news across the tech industry and explores emerging trends affecting digital consumption, including around social media, the metaverse and virtual reality. She also writes about disruptions in the digital advertising industry that have impacted companies such as Snap and Meta. Meghan previously held roles at the Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee. Meghan is from Davis, Calif., and graduated with a degree in politics from Scripps College, part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium.

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☆ Nvidia set the market alight last quarter. Can it repeat the trick?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Artificial intelligence darling Nvidia’s upcoming earnings report could be a boost or a drag on a market already mired in the summer doldrums. Nvidia reached a $1 trillion market cap in May, becoming the ninth company to achieve that milestone. Tech stocks rose on Monday, indicating optimism among investors about Nvidia’s earnings. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index on Monday gained 1.6%, marking its biggest one-day jump this month and stalling the recent sell-off in tech stocks. Tech stocks faltered somewhat on Tuesday, as weak retail earnings and elevated Treasury yields put pressure on stocks.

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☆ Meta’s Threads is finally available on desktop
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Threads users, rejoice: the app is rolling out its highly anticipated web version Tuesday. The company says it plans to add more desktop features in the future. Threads has been steadily rolling out smaller updates but the hotly demanded web version could help reignite stronger user engagement. Meta's Threads is rolling out desktop access for users starting on Tuesday. Meta employees have for weeks teased that a desktop version of Threads was in the works and being tested internally.

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☆ Justin Trudeau blasts Facebook for blocking news as Canada’s wildfires rage
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasted Facebook for “putting corporate profits ahead of people’s safety” as the social media platform continues to block news content while wildfires rage in Canada’s Northwest Territories and British Columbia. Also on Monday, Trudeau described the devastation wrought by the wildfires as “apocalyptic” and praised Canadians for stepping up to support evacuees. The Canadian legislation, known as Bill C-18 or the Online News Act, was given final approval in June. During his remarks Monday, Trudeau said Facebook’s move to block news content is “bad for democracy” in the long run. “But right now, in an emergency situation, where up-to-date local information is more important than ever, Facebook’s putting corporate profits ahead of people’s safety,” Trudeau said.

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☆ Meta’s Threads App to Launch Web Version as Rivalry With X Enters New Stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Salvador Rodriguez | Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Publishers see dramatic drop in Facebook referral traffic as the social platform signals exit from news business
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The Meta-owned company has quietly made changes in recent months that have dramatically reduced referral traffic to media outlets, more than half a dozen publishers told me. The move has put considerable dents in the daily traffic publishers see, with the damage appearing to be more pronounced among those who publish more hard news-oriented content. One publisher told me they’ve witnessed a more than 30% drop in year-over-year referral traffic. The recent changes reduce the already lackluster levels of referral traffic even more. Meta has long argued that publishers need Facebook more than Facebook needs publishers.

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The study found more than 110 pro-Wagner accounts operating in more than a dozen languages across Meta’s platforms. Even if the accounts are not directly affiliated with the Wagner group, ISD said, the content they created still likely violates Meta’s terms. The ISD report, meanwhile, highlights how there may be additional violating content that Meta has not detected and removed. Of these pages, ISD wrote, “the most viewed post, a video with over 712,000 views, shows Wagner mercenary forces testing tank traps set up at a defensive line in Ukraine. These pages were also found to be luring Facebook users to Telegram with links to graphic content showing dead bodies.”

Persons: Russia’s Wagner, Meta, Wagner, Biden, ISD, Yevgeny Prigozhin —, —, “, Prigozhin, dehumanizing, ” Wagner, ” Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Strategic, ISD, Internet Research Agency, Washington, Meta, Meta’s Locations: London, Ukraine

☆ Meta criticized for making reproductive health an R-rated issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Jessie Gretener | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Female reproductive health experts are calling on Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to rethink its restrictions on reproductive health content. The company has long faced criticism for removing and restricting female reproductive health information with a prominent report from the Center for Intimacy Justice early last year accusing Meta of systematically rejecting many female and gender diverse reproductive health ads. Lets talk about p3riodsThe practice of censoring female reproductive health content is not unique to Meta, with similar issues reported on other social media platforms. CNN asked Meta about the reports that it is continuing to remove, restrict, and shadow-ban female reproductive health content. CNN also asked Meta why all female reproductive health, including menstrual health, is classified as an 18+ issue.

Persons: Meta, Jackie Rotman, ” Rotman, Hazel Wallace, ”, “, ” Wallace, Ryan Daniels, Wallace, Tracey Lindeman, ” “ You’re, ” Lindeman Organizations: CNN, Meta, Facebook, Intimacy Justice

☆ Hackers take on ChatGPT in Vegas, with support from the White House
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Donie O'Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Las Vegas, Nevada CNN —Thousands of hackers will descend on Las Vegas this weekend for a competition taking aim at popular artificial intelligence chat apps, including ChatGPT. The hackers are working with the support and encouragement of the technology companies behind the most advanced generative AI models, including OpenAI, Google, and Meta, and even have the backing of the White House. “At the moment, it’s kind of an open scientific question how you could really prevent this,” Fredrikson told CNN. Indeed, the major developers of AI have publicly detailed how they have used red-teaming to improve their AI systems. Arati Prabhakar, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, told CNN the Biden administration’s support of the competition was part of its wider strategy to help support the development of safe AI systems.

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☆ X is ‘close to breakeven’ says CEO Linda Yaccarino
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —X CEO Linda Yaccarino, leader of the platform formerly known as Twitter, said the company is keeping an eye on new competitor Threads, despite the sharply slowing growth of the rival app from Meta. Musk, who is now the company’s chief technology officer, has also been preparing for a cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Yaccarino joined the company after months of turmoil caused by Musk’s takeover, including mass layoffs, controversial policy decisions and various legal battles. Yaccarino, a former marketing executive with NBCUniversal, was brought on to Twitter in part to help revive its advertising business. And she said on Thursday that the company is “close to breakeven.”“Coca Cola, Visa, State Farm is a huge partner, they’re coming back — the last bunch of weeks, continued revenue growth,” Yaccarino said.

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☆ Greta Gerwig got a ‘Barbie’ flash mob from Ryan Gosling for her birthday
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Ryan Gosling knew just what to get his “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig for her birthday. According to the movie’s verified Instagram account, the actor, who portrayed Ken in the hit film, sent Gerwig a flash mob in honor of her special day. “Ken Ryan sent these special Barbies and Kens to start Greta’s birthday with all the feelings! !”Greta Gerwig and Ryan Gosling at the premiere of "Barbie" held at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on July 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. At the end the group yelled, “Happy birthday, Greta!”Gerwig, appeared to get emotional, called it “beautiful” and gave out hugs to the flash mob members.

Persons: CNN — Ryan Gosling, Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Ken, “ Ken Ryan, Kens, Ryan Gosling, Michael Buckner, “ I’m, Ken ”, Greta, ” Organizations: CNN, Auditorium, Variety Locations: Los Angeles , California

☆ Climate activist Greta Thunberg pulls out of Edinburgh Book Festival appearance after accusing key sponsor of greenwashing
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Climate activist Greta Thunberg has canceled an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival after accusing one of the festival’s main sponsors of greenwashing. As a climate activist I cannot attend an event which receives sponsorship from Baillie Gifford, who invests heavily in the fossil fuel industry,” Thunberg said. “Greenwashing efforts by the fossil fuel industry, including sponsorship of cultural events, allow them to keep the social license to continue operating. Barley went on to highlight the crucial role played by organizations such as Baillie Gifford in keeping an event such as the Edinburgh International Book Festival alive. As a charitable organisation, we would not be in a position to provide that platform without the long-term support of organisations such as Baillie Gifford,” Barley said.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Thunberg, Ballie Gifford, ”, Baillie Gifford, ” Thunberg, “, Nick Barley, ” Barley, Barley, Baillie Gifford’s Organizations: CNN, Edinburgh, greenwashing, Playhouse Theatre Locations: Edinburgh, Scottish

☆ Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Fail to Catch On
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Salvador Rodriguez | Joanna Stern | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The data from market research firms Similarweb and Sensor Tower highlight the challenges facing Meta as it seeks to exploit the opening created by the chaos surrounding Twitter’s management. Threads’ daily active user count is down 82% from launch as of July 31, according to Sensor Tower, with just eight million users accessing the app each day. On its launch day, Threads users opened the app an average of 14 times and spent an average of 19 minutes scrolling through it, the company reported. The steepest drop-off occurred in the two weeks immediately following Threads’ launch. According to Sensor Tower, Threads’ daily active user count is still falling at a rate of roughly 1% per day.

Persons: Abe Yousef, David Carr, Mark Zuckerberg, ”, we’re, Zuckerberg Organizations: DC CNN, Twitter, Similarweb Locations: Washington

CNN —After the thrill of winning successive Women’s World Cup titles, the 2023 tournament – so far – has brought the US team very much down to earth with a bump. For a team that has been so historically dominant at the Women’s World Cup, performances throughout the 2023 edition so far have been underwhelming for women’s soccer’s most dynastic team. Fans of the US team get ready for the Women's World Cup group game against Portugal. 3 ranked in the world by FIFA, has plenty of World Cup history. Sweden drew with the US in 2015 and also beat them in 2011 – the last time any team defeated the USWNT inside regulation at a World Cup.

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☆ Meta begins blocking news access on its platforms in Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The changes began Tuesday and will roll out gradually over the coming weeks, said Meta spokesperson Andy Stone. Google has also announced that it plans to remove news content from its platforms in Canada when the law takes effect, which could happen by December. The Canadian legislation, known as Bill C-18, was given final approval in June. Since then, the platforms have reached voluntary agreements with a range of news outlets in that country. In May, Meta also threatened to remove news content from California if the state moved ahead with a revenue-sharing bill.

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