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Meta is a technology company that operates social platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Horizon.

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Jinx: Meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions

Meta is a technology company that operates social platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Horizon.

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Jinx: Meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions
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Kettingbericht zegt onterecht dat Meta AI groepschats in WhatsApp kan lezen
Wired · 2d ago
Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon
TechCrunch · 1d ago
Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand
Kotaku · 2d ago
Firefighters Investigating Explosion Caused By Meta Quest 3 In Maine Home

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  • Jinx: Meta-build-system for bootstrapping operating system distributions GitHub
  • Meta AI collected biometric data without user's consent r/privacy
  • Kettingbericht zegt onterecht dat Meta AI groepschats in WhatsApp kan lezen Tweakers
  • Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing’s demand TechCrunch
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Kettingbericht zegt onterecht dat Meta AI groepschats in WhatsApp kan lezen

Een kettingbericht dat rondgaat op WhatsApp vermeldt dat Meta AI vanaf zaterdag kan meelezen met groepschats en spoort beheerders aan om Geavanceerde privacy aan te zetten. Het bericht is niet waar.

19h ago Arnoud Wokke
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Meta reportedly moves to unwind $2B Manus deal after Beijing's demand | TechCrunch

Meta starts dismantling its $2 billion Manus acquisition after Beijing ordered the deal reversed.

1d ago Kate Park
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Meta's months-old AI unit is a soul-crushing gulag, say the engineers stuck inside it | TechCrunch

A new report suggests the unit, which employs 6,500 people, is on the verge of revolt.

2d ago Connie Loizos

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Hacker News · u/onemoresoop · 

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

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Hacker News · u/thm · 

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

Meta ordered by EU to allow rival AI chatbots back on WhatsApp for free

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Hacker News · u/LordAtlas · 

Hackers likely hijacked over 20k Instagram accounts with Meta's AI chatbot

Hackers likely hijacked over 20k Instagram accounts with Meta's AI chatbot

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Hacker News · u/ramon156 · 

Ask HN: What is happening with the Meta Ads dashboard?

I had to set up an account today to look around, potentially setting up Meta Ads for a customer.Through-out the onboarding, almost every step I was met with some kind of generic error or loading page that was stuck. I ha…

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Hacker News · u/speckx · 

Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot

Meta confirms 1000s of Instagram accounts were hacked by abusing its AI chatbot

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How did the hack happen? 

The problem is almost entirely due to Meta's customer support now being run by AI. The tech giant made the switch back in March, saying it would enable "24/7 help for account issues like updating your password and settings for your profile."  But with the AI chatbot handling the whole process, humans couldn't step in when suspicious activity began. That allowed hackers to carry out the social engineering-style attack and pull it off multiple times before anyone noticed. Per Cybersecurity News, security researchers ZachXBT and Dark Web Informer were the first to publicly expose the exploit, but

Instagram's AI Chatbot Gave Away a Bunch of Accounts to Hackers
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