Meta’s latest ad begins with a black-and-white shot of an eye, showing us what someone sees as they read countless panicked headlines about how AI will take our jobs, isolate us, and cause a global crisis. “Some people will have you believe that AI will make us feel less connected. That it will leave us
Over the past year, Meta has funded the construction of at least a dozen natural gas power plants, including a project that alone will burn enough natural gas to generate as much electricity as the entire state of South Dakota uses. Meta is now no longer part of RE100, a corporate renewable energy initiative, after
A day after Snap reached a tentative settlement with the plaintiff in a social media addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant, the case was dropped. In a statement, Meta said the plaintiff decided to drop his case against Meta without receiving any payment. TikTok and Google’s YouTube had previously reached settlement agreements
A Florida teenager who sued Meta alleging he was addicted and harmed by using platforms like Instagram has dropped his case. The 15-year-old plaintiff, known by the initials RKC, had in recent weeks settled the same lawsuits against TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, all of which have been accused in a large lawsuit of creating addictive
Meta is working on an AI storytelling app called StoryKit, which creates AI-generated children’s stories with custom characters, settings, lessons, and music. As the App Store listing assures parents: “You don’t need to type a single word.” Finally, a technology company has found a way to outsource humanity’s oldest pastime: using our imagination. StoryKit was
Meta announced Thursday that it will now notify parents if their teen talks about suicide or self-harm with the company’s Meta AI chatbot. Meta says it is also working on the ability to contact emergency services if someone’s conversations suggest they may be at risk of self-harm. These changes come as Meta and other tech