Social Media / Websites
Meta Newsroom – 11.20.23
We’re always trying to build the best tools to help creators express their creativity, connect with their audiences and feel supported on our apps. Today we’re sharing a number of improvements to reels, feed photos, carousels, and stories, as well as new insights to help you better understand how your content is performing.
Source: New Ways to Create Content on Instagram | Meta
AI, Cybersafety / Cybersecurity / Privacy, Social Media / Websites
Meta Blog – 9.29.23 (9.27.23)
Today, we’re launching new generative AI features, and like other Meta products, we took steps to protect your privacy and offer greater transparency as we built these exciting new features. We developed privacy mitigations through our privacy review process and external engagements, and below are some helpful details on how we’ve trained our models, how interacting with our conversational AIs is different from interacting with friends or family, and where you can find more information about your privacy and our new generative AI features.
Source: Privacy Matters: Meta’s Generative AI Features | Meta
AI, Product Announcements, Social Media / Websites
Microsoft Blog – 9.23.23
It’s been such an exciting year for Edge and Bing. We’ve worked diligently to bring you rich, AI-powered innovation to help you find, create and achieve beyond what you ever thought possible.
Source: A new wave of innovation with Edge, your AI-powered browser
Cybersafety / Cybersecurity / Privacy, Social Media / Websites
Kaspersky Blog – 9.8.23
For popular messengers such as Telegram, Signal and WhatsApp, there are quite a few alternative clients (not to be confused with clients as in (human) customers; whoever opted this confusing language needs a good talking to) out there. Such modified apps — known as mods — often provide users with features and capabilities that aren’t available in the official clients.
Source: Spyware versions of Telegram and Signal on Google Play
AI, Social Media / Websites
Meta Blog 8.2.23
Imagine a professional musician being able to explore new compositions without having to play a single note on an instrument. Or a small business owner adding a soundtrack to their latest video ad on Instagram with ease. That’s the promise of AudioCraft — our latest AI tool that generates high-quality, realistic audio and music from text.
Source: Introducing AudioCraft: A Generative AI Tool For Audio and Music
Company News / General Interest, Social Media / Websites
Google Blog – 6.27.23
Like many other shoppers, I never want to miss out on a good deal. But whenever I impulsively buy something during a sale, I find myself questioning: Was that actually a good discount? What if there’s a better one out there? Do I even really want this?
Source: 4 shopping tools to help you avoid buyer’s remorse