Meta launched its Muse Image AI model with Instagram integration, automatically opting public profiles into allowing others to generate AI images using their likeness by tagging their username. Users …
Meta launched Muse Image on July 7, 2026, enabling Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI users to generate images using public Instagram accounts via @-mentions, with a default opt-in setting that raises p…
Meta is launching a $19.99 monthly subscription called Meta One Premium that rate-limits AI features on its smart glasses, including Conversation Focus, which requires no internet connection. Critics …
Meta secretly paid hundreds of contractors to pose as teenagers and bombard competitors' AI models with disturbing prompts, including suicide, self-harm, and child abuse content, as part of a stress-t…
Fanfiction communities are launching grassroots efforts to detect AI-generated works, but these detection methods often misclassify human authors and fuel social conflict within fandoms. The movement …
Meta hired hundreds of contractors to pose as teenagers and send over 45,000 prompts about suicide, sex, drugs, and eating disorders to rival AI chatbots including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, a…
US and Chinese AI researchers are calling for global cooperation to prevent a catastrophic event that could turn the world against AI forever, comparing the potential disaster to a 'Chernobyl moment.'…
Meta secretly deployed hundreds of contractors to flood rival AI chatbots ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI with over 45,000 crisis prompts from fake under-18 accounts, according to Wired. The operati…
Indie studio A24 faces fan backlash after signing a $75 million AI research partnership with Google, contradicting the anti-AI stance of its hit film 'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons. Fans accuse the…
Meta's Fury AI Glasses, the company's cheapest and best smart glasses yet, face severe privacy concerns including unauthorized data collection for AI training and potential facial recognition features…
Google warns that proposed EU regulations to weaken its monopoly on Android and search could expose user data to fraud and privacy risks. The European Commission plans to force Google to allow other A…
A24 is defending its research partnership with Google's DeepMind after facing backlash from fans who see the move as a betrayal of the studio's previous stance against generative AI. The studio's comm…
Rapper Tyler, the Creator called for a ban on Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, citing privacy and consent concerns after a Wired article documented nefarious uses of the wearable cameras. Tyler criticized …
Google DeepMind announced a research partnership with A24, reportedly investing about $75 million into the studio to develop AI-assisted filmmaking tools. A24 defended the collaboration, stating it pr…
A24 defended its research partnership with Google DeepMind, saying it wants a seat at the table in shaping AI tools for filmmakers, after fans criticized the deal. The partnership gives A24 access to …
Meta's chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth acknowledged that employee morale is at an all-time low and that the company has done an 'atrocious job' with restructuring, marking a shift from his pr…
Meta paused its employee data-tracking program after an incident exposed sensitive information, including private conversations and performance reviews, to the entire company. The Model Capability Ini…
Google debuted the Google Home Speaker on June 24, 2026, replacing the Nest Mini with a $100 price point and Gemini-powered conversational features. Reviewers note improved audio with a 58mm driver an…
Qualcomm announced Meta as the first Big Tech customer for its new C1000 data center CPUs, with chips set to power Meta servers in late 2028, and plans to acquire AI software company Modular for about…
Meta paused its Model Compatibility Initiative (MCI) employee-tracking program after an internal data leak exposed collected data to more employees than intended. The program, which tracked mouse move…