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‘Godfather of AI' Yann LeCun thinks that Mistral AI's successful launch of its latest large-language model has set open-source AI models on the path to overtake proprietary ones from the likes of OpenAI, Google, and others. What Happened: LeCun, Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) chief AI...

To improve the user experience and curb spam, Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is introducing a unique tagging feature to its Threads app. What Happened: As reported by Android Central on Dec. 11, 2023, Adam Mosseri, Instagram’s head, announced that Threads is launching the ability to tag...

In a move to foster ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has introduced “Purple Llama,” a project designed to help developers create responsible AI, the company announced Wednesday. Meta unveiled that the project is designed to...

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has launched a new standalone artificial intelligence (AI) experience for the web, enabling users to generate images by simply describing them in everyday language. What Happened: The tool, named Imagine with Meta, can generate high-resolution images based on...

Instagram users will no longer be able to access their Facebook Messenger chats as Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) begins to disconnect this cross-app chatting feature. What Happened: This move reverses Meta’s 2020 decision to integrate Messenger and Instagram chats. The integration aimed to...

You can now hide your WhatsApp chats even better thanks to the latest update from the Meta Platforms Inc.-owned (NASDAQ:META) messaging app. What Happened: WhatsApp Chat Lock has now been improved even further, allowing users to hide and lock chats using secret codes. WhatsApp first introduced the...

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google and Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) poach the most talent from other big tech companies, accounting for one out of every four employees at these two companies. What Happened: A new survey has shed light on just how intensely Google and Meta...

Elon Musk has clapped back at brands fleeing his social media platform X after a new report revealed Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) Instagram is showing sexualized content of minors. What Happened: Musk turned defensive over big tech and media brands leaving X after he posted the debunked "...

AI godfathers Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun are quarreling over the risk of AI taking over humanity, yet again. What Happened: Hinton and LeCun took potshots at each other, with both saying that the other is wrong and just stopping short of calling each other names. Hinton has long been advocating...

Instagram has borrowed a leaf from rival TikTok's playbook, allowing users to download reels posted by public accounts and save them to their camera roll. What Happened: Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has added a new option in Instagram to let users save Instagram reels just like ByteDance-owned...

Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) WhatsApp has rolled out a new feature that allows users to verify their accounts via email. This new update comes as an alternative to the SMS verification method. What Happened: After successful beta testing, the WhatsApp email verification feature has...

The safety of Instagram for teenagers has once again come under scrutiny, as Meta whistleblower Arturo Bejar raises alarms about the platform’s inadequacies, using the tragic instance of Molly Russell as a reference. What Happened: A veteran Silicon Valley professional, Béjar voiced his...

ByteDance-owned TikTok has contested the “gatekeeper” status ascribed by the EU’s Digital Markets Act or DMA, aligning its stance with Meta Platform Inc.’s earlier appeal, saying it operates as a competitor. What Happened: Reuters reported that TikTok officially lodged an...

After offering free WhatsApp chat backups to Google accounts for several years, Google and WhatsApp have stated that starting Dec. 2023, any WhatsApp backups on Android devices will be calculated against the cloud storage capacity of Google accounts. What Happened: This shift will include the...

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has announced that users can delete their Threads accounts without deleting their Instagram accounts. What Happened: Meta Platforms Inc.'s (NASDAQ:META) Threads became the fastest consumer app to 100 million users, and most of us joined when the buzz was at its peak at...