… Link: Commission sends Meta fresh charge sheet on possible interim measures to reverse exclusion of third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp | https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip 26 805 | European Commission - European Commission
After announcing tests of premium subscriptions for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp earlier this year, TechCrunch and Bloomberg report that Meta is launching a global rollout over the next few weeks and is also starting to test subscriptions for Meta AI. …
… Meta’s Incognito Chat is built on the same Private Processing tech launched last year for processing data in WhatsApp and will roll out “over the coming months” in both WhatsApp and the Meta AI app.
… In an earning call on Wednesday, Meta reported that figures for “Family daily active people” — the term Meta has coined for all collective users of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger — declined by 20 million this quarter compared to the previous three months. …
… Creators can voluntarily add a new label to their account if they frequently post AI-generated or modified content starting on Monday. This is in addition to Meta’s automatically applied “AI info” label for content on its platforms that it detects as being AI-modified. …