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Facebook offers a lot of features and tools for users who are looking to quit the social media platform or even take a break. The social media platform comes with several tools that allows users to transfer data, photos, posts, etc to other platforms. Once such feature is the ability to move all the photos … Read more
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, continues to do significant work in this field and is releasing a new AI language generator named LLaMA today. “Today we’re releasing a new state-of-the-art AI large language model called LLaMA designed to help researchers advance their work,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. What is LLaMALLaMA is a … Read more
Meta Platforms introduced a research tool for building artificial intelligence-based chatbots and other products, seeking to create a buzz for its own technology in a field lately focused on internet rivals Google and Microsoft. The tool, LLaMA, is Meta‘s latest entry in the realm of large language models, which “have shown a lot of promise in … Read more
In yet another clampdown on big tech companies, China has instructed them not to offer access to ChatGPT services on their platforms, either directly or via third parties, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Nikkei Asia. Beijing’s clampdown on ChatGPT, the hugely popular AI-powered chatbot, comes as little surprise to many in China’s … Read more
Facebook comes with a couple of built-in tools that allow users to transfer and backup their photos, posts and notes to Google Photos and Docs respectively. So, if you are looking to leave Facebook and want to delete your account permanently, backing up all the data that Facebook has on you is a good choice. … Read more
The Oversight Board is an independent body which includes experts, academics, civic leaders and lawyers who analyse appeals and decisions made by Meta. The Board has raised concerns about Facebook’s penalty system for a long time now and has called it “disproportionate and opaque.” The social media platform has also been advised to be more … Read more
Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users’ willingness to pay for social media features that until now have been free. Facing a drop in advertising revenues, parent company Meta is piloting a subscription in Australia and New Zealand before it appears in larger markets. The … Read more
Around 76 percent of respondents have claimed that they have noticed a rise in pesky calls or SMS based on their conversations with WhatsApp business accounts and their activity on Facebook or Instagram, online survey firm LocalCircles said on Wednesday. According to the survey conducted between February 1 and 20, 95 percent of WhatsApp users surveyed … Read more
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms is planning a fresh round of job cuts in a reorganisation and downsizing effort that could affect thousands of workers, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. Last year, the social media company let go 13 percent of its workforce — more than 11,000 employees — as it grappled with soaring costs and a weak … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta has temporarily fought off a lawsuit in the UK over allegations it abused its dominant position to monetise users’ personal data. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 45 million Facebook users in Britain and valued at up to $3.7 billion.However, the claimants’ lawyers can “have another go” at establishing any alleged … Read more