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Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash

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11 Jul
Meta turns off the Instagram feature that users make AI deepfakes of public accounts

Meta turns off the Instagram feature that users make AI deepfakes of public accounts

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
11 Jul
Meta told Dylan Byers, of Puck News, that it had nixed the feature after backlash from its user base.

Meta told Dylan Byers, of Puck News, that it had nixed the feature after backlash from its user base.

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
9 Jul
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4 Aug
Online backlash ends in Google rolling back Google Earth AI tool after a day

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13 Oct
Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm

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REPORT · WHAT · TechCrunch AIOPEN STORY
26 Aug
Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded. reut.rs/3SQMOSy

Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded. reut.rs/3SQMOSy

OPINION · HOW · ReutersOPEN STORY
31 Jul
Google Earth risked ruin with retracted AI tool for making fake satellite pics

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REPORT · WHAT · Ars TechnicaOPEN STORY
22 Jul
Meta made its own AI detection system. It should have just used Google’s

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