Facebook, Instagram users outraged over AI training with user posts: ‘F–k right off’
It is causing user short circuit. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, introduced artificial intelligence to train people's posts, sparking a backlash against the social media site. While there is an announcement that Meta will be Train an AI model using public postsa ChatGPT-like program called Llama 2 (there has since been an […]
Bank of America users reporting widespread outages
Bank of America customers reported widespread outages Wednesday, with some unable to access their accounts and others complaining of inaccurate balances. By about 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, more than 20,000 people had reported problems with Bank of America's systems. According to Down Detectora site to report problems. More than half (56%) of users reported having problems […]
Snapchat failed to properly warn against ‘sextortion schemes’ targeting underage users: lawsuit
According to an unredacted version of the lawsuit released Tuesday, Snapchat targeted underage users even as employees were discussing internally how to deal with the crisis without causing panic. It says it did not properly warn users about the scale of the rampant “sextortion scheme.” The new details were revealed in a complaint first filed […]
Verizon outage: Wireless carrier is aware of ‘issue impacting service’ as thousands of users report problems
See what's being clicked on FoxBusiness.com. A Verizon spokesperson told FOX Business on Monday that the wireless carrier is “aware of issues impacting service for some customers,” as tens of thousands of people across the U.S. are reporting service outages. spoke. “Our engineers are working diligently and are working quickly to identify and resolve the […]
Thousands of Verizon users report service outage as phones are stuck in SOS mode
Verizon users across the country reported outages Monday morning due to “issues” with the network, a company spokesperson told the Post. downdetector.com – Provides real-time updates on internet and phone services – Reports of Verizon outages spiked around 10 a.m. More than 100,000 incidents reported as of 11 a.m. The outage primarily affected users on […]
Apple users pissed off — fooled by bogus iPhone feature
They had to see it to believe it. Apple enthusiasts are outraged to discover that camera quality hasn't really changed in four generations of iPhones. The tech influencer posted two videos shot using four different phone models, one of which shows a park during the day and the other of a city at night, proving […]
Social media users lack control over data used by AI: FTC
Social media companies collect, share and process vast amounts of information about their users, with little transparency or control, including over how that information is used by their artificial intelligence-enabled systems. The Federal Trade Commission said in a report It was released on Thursday. The report analysed how companies including Meta Platforms, Bytedance's TikTok and […]
Snapchat can put users’ AI images of faces in ‘My Selfie’ ads
Snapchat reserves the right to use users' photos in ads. As part of our Terms of Use The company announced its “My Selfie” tool, which allows people and their friends to create artificial intelligence-generated images based on their selfies. “My Selfie is used to power Generative AI, Cameo and other experiences featuring you on Snapchat, […]
Apple users already fed up with iOS 18 for being a cheater’s paradise
They think iOS 18 is no good. Apple's long-awaited iOS 18 has been met with scathing online reviews since its release on Monday, with many techies slamming the so-called “biggest upgrade ever” for a variety of pitfalls, including making it easier for cheating partners to cheat and a “nauseating” photo feature that doesn't work. “iOS […]
Gavin Newsom chuckles as he signs bills restricting AI use in election ads — but social media users may have last laugh
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom chuckled as he sat at the podium at a convention this week and signed three bills in California that would further restrict “deepfake” or “materially deceptive” election content, but defiant social media users still shared the AI election video that Newsom scorned. On Tuesday, Newsom took the stage with Salesforce CEO […]