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Jan. 4 - Meta has pulled a large number of AI-generated virtual profiles from Facebook and Instagram, Engadget reported today. The AI characters sparked widespread controversy and mockery on social media, and the company has since confirmed the decision. The dummy profiles, labeled "AI managed by Meta," launched in September 2023, alongside a celebrity AI chatbot that went live at the same time (note: now offline). However, the accounts have gone down in the last few months...

Meta is launching a series of AI products, including tools to help users create AI characters on Instagram and Facebook, in an effort to attract and retain younger users and compete with rivals, the FT reported today. Conor Hayes, Meta's vice president for generative AI, said the company expects these AI characters to gradually have an account-like presence on the platforms. These AIs will be equipped with profiles and avatars and will be able to generate and share content on the platform, signaling a shift in the way social media interactions...

Meta recently tested a new AI comment summary feature on Facebook, which aims to help users quickly understand the overall viewpoint of the comments under a post. This feature aggregates the user's comments and displays the summary at the top of the comment area, providing an overall overview of the discussion. The launch of this feature has attracted widespread attention, especially in the context of social media platforms constantly seeking to improve user experience. Meta hopes to use this feature to provide users with a more convenient way to quickly obtain the discussion content of a post. However, some users have expressed doubts about this feature, believing that…

Last week, a large number of AI-generated fake "indecent photos" of the famous singer Taylor Swift appeared on social platforms such as X (Twitter) and Facebook, further exacerbating people's concerns about the abuse of AI. Therefore, the X platform took an unprecedented measure last Saturday - the official temporarily blocked any search for Taylor Swift. ▲ English search will show an error. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed with Joe Benarroch, head of business operations at X: This is a temporary action, and we will…

Google filed a lawsuit in court on Monday, alleging that fake ads for its generative AI tool "Bard" that appeared on Facebook were designed to steal the social media accounts of small businesses in the United States. These fake Facebook ads tricked users into downloading "Bard", but in fact "Bard" is a completely web-based product and does not require downloading. Naive users actually downloaded malware, causing their social media credentials to be stolen and their accounts to be threatened. The purpose of Google's lawsuit is to disable any current domains associated with this trap and block…