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The Worst Company

Meta faces backlash over a series of controversial AI and privacy decisions, including launching an AI image generator that uses Instagram photos, facing EU fines for addictive platforms, and adding facial recognition code to smart glasses. Critics warn that Meta's actions pose significant privacy risks and could lead to a $1.4 trillion existential threat from a teen safety case.

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The Worst Company
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I would not let any of these icons near my devices. You could write a book about all the bad decisions this company made. Actually, somebody already did.

Just a few headlines from last week:

  • Meta announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence image generator that allows anyone to create AI images based on your Instagram photos.
  • EU threatens Meta with fines over ‘addictive’ Facebook and Instagram
  • Meta’s Teen Safety Case Just Became a $1.4 Trillion Existential Threat
  • Meta Thinks It Can Convince You That Smart Glasses Need Facial Recognition
  • CAA calls out Meta and Instagram for making Muse AI tool opt-out
  • Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang’s Instagram photo tip could be your biggest privacy nightmare
  • Meta patents AI device that listens to you all day to track your mood
  • Meta AI To Start Using Your Data For Targeted Ads—Here’s How And When
  • Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
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