Just a few weeks after the Cambridge Analytica scandal left users feeling iffy about Facebook and the way the company uses their data, Mark Zuckerberg announced a… Read more “Facebook Fishes for More Cash in the Dating Pool”
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Why Are You So Bothered About How Facebook Treated Your Data?
Data belonging to Facebook users was misused by a third party company, and the world is in an uproar about the situation, threatening to leave the 2.2… Read more “Why Are You So Bothered About How Facebook Treated Your Data?”
Facebook Sets off to Normalize Facial Recognition
Facebook is taking its facial recognition technology another step forward and plans to use it to figure out if anyone posts any pictures online that include you,… Read more “Facebook Sets off to Normalize Facial Recognition”
Facebook’s New AI Takes On Suicide Prevention Job
There are so many voices in the world demonizing Artificial Intelligence, that sometimes it’s good to remember of all the good things that can come out of… Read more “Facebook’s New AI Takes On Suicide Prevention Job”
iOS App Uses AI to Find, Protect Your Nudes
Artificial Intelligence is powering many of our favorite online tools, including the security solutions we surround ourselves with. Mixing up AI and privacy may be just the… Read more “iOS App Uses AI to Find, Protect Your Nudes”
Facebook, Twitter, Google to Discuss Russia Election Meddling with Lawmakers
The US Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing in November where Facebook, Google, and Twitter will talk about Russia and its interference with the 2016 elections.… Read more “Facebook, Twitter, Google to Discuss Russia Election Meddling with Lawmakers”
Facebook Fake News Problem Signaled by Obama Administration Following Trump Win
It seems that despite Mark Zuckerberg’s dismissal of Russia’s campaign of spreading fake news and other types of messages over Facebook ahead of the 2016 American elections,… Read more “Facebook Fake News Problem Signaled by Obama Administration Following Trump Win”
Facebook Hands Over Russian Ads Used in 2016 US Election After Mueller Serves Warrant
About a week after Facebook admitted in front of the Congress that it had, indeed, sold ads to a Russian ad company pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda, the company… Read more “Facebook Hands Over Russian Ads Used in 2016 US Election After Mueller Serves Warrant”
Google AI Weeds Out Extremist Content on YouTube On Its Own
We’ve been talking a lot about Artificial Intelligence in recent years, and it has proven to be more and more useful as the technology advances. One good… Read more “Google AI Weeds Out Extremist Content on YouTube On Its Own”
Facebook AI Creates Its Own Language, Gets Shut Down
Facebook’s researchers have shut down an artificial intelligence (AI) program after it was discovered it had created its own language, which means the bots no longer served… Read more “Facebook AI Creates Its Own Language, Gets Shut Down”