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ForkLog 24 24.07.2024

Meta Unveils Llama 3.1 AI Model Collection

Meta has introduced a new collection of AI systems, Llama 3.1, including the much-anticipated 405B, described as the “first open-source state-of-the-art model.” The Meta AI assistant has also been updated. Starting today, open source is leading the way. Introducing Llama 3.1: Our most capable models yet. Today we’re releasing a collection of new Llama 3.1 […]

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ForkLog 8 05.03.2024

Outage Affects Facebook, Instagram, and Other Social Media Platforms

On March 5, users of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, TikTok, and other messaging and social media platforms reported difficulties accessing the applications. Source: Downdetector. The issue affected residents of Russia, Ukraine, major cities in the United States, and Asia. Specifically, Facebook logged users out and denied account access, citing allegedly incorrect passwords. Instagram’s feed failed […]

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ForkLog 26 06.09.2023

Digital Feudalism: Can AI End the ‘New Serfdom’?

An excerpt from Gaspar König's 'The End of the Individual', describing how corporations strip us of property rights and the role AI plays in this.

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ForkLog 15 06.12.2022

Facebook Dating uses AI for age verification

Meta has rolled out the age-verification feature for Facebook Dating users using facial-recognition technology.

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ForkLog 11 26.10.2022

Study finds Facebook’s ad algorithms distinguish race, gender and age in photos

Facebook's advertising algorithms use race, gender and age recognition for targeted delivery of sponsored messages.

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ForkLog 5 29.09.2022

Instagram and Facebook users in the United States gain ability to publish NFTs

Meta opened access to NFT-related features for all Instagram and Facebook users in the United States.

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ForkLog 12 29.09.2022

Facebook algorithms accused of aiding Rohingya genocide in Myanmar

In 2017, Facebook's content-formation algorithms directly contributed to killings and other atrocities carried out by Myanmar's military against the Muslim Rohingya minority.

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ForkLog 5 29.08.2022

Meta expands NFT integration project on Facebook

Meta has expanded its NFT integration pilot on Facebook.

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ForkLog 18 19.08.2022

Media: An algorithm randomly fired 60 Facebook moderators

Meta, using an artificial intelligence algorithm, fired several dozen moderators hired through the contractor Accenture.

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ForkLog 7 22.07.2022

Facebook partially abandons its recommendation feed

Meta has unveiled a new chronological feed for Facebook that disables the recommendation algorithms.

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ForkLog 8 01.07.2022

Facebook to test NFT support

Meta has begun rolling out NFT support for some US-based authors on its flagship social network Facebook, Decrypt reports.

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ForkLog 5 09.06.2022

Study finds Facebook’s 2018 algorithm changes boosted local GOP groups

In 2018, changes to Facebook's algorithms led to a significant uptick in activity by local Republican groups in the United States, even as their Democratic colleagues posted more often.

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