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Meta has removed a controversial feature that allowed users to modify photos from public Instagram accounts using AI. The feature, which launched earlier this week along with a batch of other AI tools, “failed” and is no longer available, according to the company. Earlier this week, Meta announced Muse Image, a new AI image generator
In March, Bluesky’s former CEO, Jay Graber, stepped down from that role to become its chief innovation officer. Graber was immediately succeeded by Toni Schneider, the founding CEO of Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress and Tumblr. Schneider, who has led the company as interim CEO for the past four months, will now abandon
A years-long lawsuit between college social app Fizz and rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices has taken an interesting turn. In a new filing, Fizz accuses investor Jerry Lu, who works at venture capital firm Maveron, of meeting with Fizz under the guise of exploring a potential investment, but then turning around and sharing Fizz’s
X’s fact-checking system, Community Notes, will be updated to send users direct messages alerting them whenever a post they’ve interacted with has received a correction. The change, which has not yet been published, was announced by X owner Elon Musk. He did not share a timeline for its release. The update attempts to address one
X, the social network that can’t seem to win its eternal battle against bots, is introducing new video editing and recording features in the hopes of encouraging creators to publish original content on its platform instead of recycling others’ material. The update will bring new features, including the ability to overlay video subtitles in multiple
