Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word essay on Monday envisioning a future where everyone has an all-knowing AI agent, and announced the release of the open-source AI model Muse Gl…
President Donald Trump, 80, shared AI-altered photos of himself on Instagram and Truth Social, appearing younger and slimmer, after a weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.…
A Gallup poll found that Americans' increased familiarity with generative AI coincides with negative attitudes, with nearly half of 18- to 29-year-olds viewing it as more harmful than good. In respons…
Meta Platforms Inc. is developing a fully private mode for its upcoming personal AI agents, designed so that even Meta cannot access conversations, building on its Incognito Chat feature launched May …
Meta Platforms Inc. has launched Meta One, a paid subscription tier for Facebook and Instagram, featuring an auto-invite tool that automatically sends follow requests to users who engage with a creato…
A viral chatbot called ChatTJB, promoted as an AI-powered chat interface, is actually manually operated by Tucker Bryant, a 32-year-old artist and former Google employee, who responds to users himself…
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay an additional $567 million, bringing the total penalties to $942 million, after a jury found the company violated state consumer protection laws by harming child…
AI is amplifying social comparison and creating new mental health risks for teenagers, according to a new guide for parents. The post highlights that AI-enhanced images on social media are now ubiquit…
Meta Platforms Inc. designs and operates its own custom AI data centers to power Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and Meta AI, according to Meta's VP of Data Centers Rachel Peterson in a discus…
Meta Platforms Inc. apologized to Indian officials for temporarily restricting a Facebook post of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kaplan telling Technology Ministe…
Meta Platforms Inc. ran more than 50 paid ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery and links to nudify apps, discovered by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) in Meta's ad library, with …
Meta Platforms Inc. has paused its plan to charge a $20 per month Meta One Premium subscription for the 'conversation focus' feature on its AI glasses after customer backlash, according to a statement…
As of August 2026, CapCut's Pro tier costs $19.99/month or $179.99/year, double the previous $9.99 price, with AI features on a credit pool, while Meta's free Edits app offers a CapCut alternative for…
Pinterest Inc. forecast third-quarter revenue growth of 13% to 15%, slower than the 18% growth in the second quarter, as competition from Meta's Instagram, Reddit, and Google intensifies, sending shar…
California actor Mario Lopez faced online backlash and deleted an AI-generated video of his niece Kalia “YaYa” Wong after viewers described it as “creepy” and accused it of sexualizing her. The video,…
The White House released an AI-generated parody of Nicole Kidman's AMC theater monologue, featuring a voiceover that promotes President Donald Trump's 'Golden Age' agenda and includes the phrase 'figh…
A developer building an AI social media tool called bleam has outlined its freemium model, offering free scheduling and paid content generation. The tool generates a month of social content from busin…
OpenAI's February 2025 threat report says the company banned ChatGPT accounts linked to a Cambodia-origin romance and investment scam network. The operators used the model to translate and generate so…
Meta's platforms are being flooded with AI-generated video of nonexistent young women, and older Facebook users are leaving comments that show they believe the AI influencers are real. One account, "G…
Tinuiti's Q2 2026 benchmark report shows that paid search growth slowed across Google, YouTube, and Instagram, with Google paid search clicks increasing 14% year-over-year in Q1 2026 but spending grow…