… This is why these interim measures will remain in place for the duration of the investigation, in order to prevent harm that would be almost impossible to repair,” European competition commissioner Teresa Ribera said in a statement. “These interim measures will safeguard competition in the growing … …
… More recently, Cathcart led WhatsApp as the messaging app expanded to the iPad, introduced ads, and added private chats with Meta’s AI chatbot. Cathcart isn’t leaving Meta completely and will take on a new role at the company, according to Zuckerberg. …
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. …