Meta hosts AI chatbots imitating ‘Hitler,’ ‘Jesus Christ’ and Taylor Swift
As part of its push into artificial intelligence, Meta released a tool last year that allows anyone to create an AI character to chat with on Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.
AP: How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills
The National Crime Prevention Council estimates 80% of teen and young adult fentanyl poisoning deaths can be traced to some social media contact.
Meta removes AI character accounts after users label them as ‘creepy and unnecessary’
Since late 2023, around a dozen artificial intelligence Instagram and Facebook accounts created by their parent company, Meta, quietly existed on the platforms.
What young people wish they’d known about social media
Kids coming of age with social media are forging ahead in a whole new world. And now that they are getting older, they have some advice for their younger peers.
In 2024, artificial intelligence was all about putting AI tools to work
If 2023 was a year of wonder about artificial intelligence, 2024 was the year to try to get that wonder to do something useful without breaking the bank.
More capable AI is coming, but will its benefits be evenly distributed?
The AI news cycle didn’t slow down much this holiday season. Blink and you’d miss some new development.
And it’s not slowing down now.