… But as with any cloud system, chatting with Meta AI on WhatsApp will ultimately involve trusting Meta in the same way using WhatsApp for communication does. “A big part of our work at WhatsApp relates to when there’s a perfect solution that’s very hard to use—how do you give people other options th… …
… The newly released version of Meta AI removes nearly all traces of the feature Meta said did not yet exist. …
… After triggering NameTag with Foucault’s image, the app produced a notification: “Person recognized.” “The main components of a face-recognition feature are already in Meta's companion app,” Buchodi says. “Not many pieces stand between this and a working feature.” In April, more than 70 advocacy gr… …
… Experts say that Meta's decision about Instagram chat could give other companies, or even simply other divisions within Meta, permission to do less, too. “Meta's deployment of encryption was a public commitment, and they were weathering a lot of pressure from various governments to do it,” says Joh… …
… Like their forerunner, the doomed Google Glass, the Meta Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses, which range in price from $299 to $499, are up against a privacy-minded backlash. …
… The Instants app is governed by the same guidelines as the main Instagram app. “All the safety and privacy protections built into Instagram apply to Instants, whether you're on Instagram or on the Instants app. …
… Its algorithm is also bundled inside products from DataWorks Plus, a South Carolina firm, and inside LexisNexis's Lumen platform, which lets police officers run face searches against state and regional image galleries and the FBI's national investigative database. …
… These tools are in addition to automated analysis techniques aimed at detecting physical traits from imagery shared to Meta's social platforms. …
… Meanwhile, xAI is asking a federal judge to force four people suing the company over Grok-generated deepfake nudes to drop their pseudonyms and litigate under their real names—including one plaintiff who alleges the chatbot was used to fabricate sexual images of her as a child. …
… Bumble Elymae Cedeno, Bumble’s VP of trust and customer experience, says that the dating app takes NCII “very seriously and supported the passage of the Take It Down Act.” Anyone can submit a takedown request through a form included in its help center, and Cedeno says reports are reviewed promptly … …