Tag Archives: social media

Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than any human around the end of next year

Enlarge / Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and the X (formerly Twitter) platform on January 22, 2024. reader comments 198 On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted the imminent rise in AI superintelligence during a live interview streamed on the social media platform X. “My guess is we’ll have AI smarter than any one human… Read More »

Meta will label AI-generated content from OpenAI and Google on Facebook, Instagram

Meta / Getty Images reader comments 8 On Tuesday, Meta announced its plan to start labeling AI-generated images from other companies like OpenAI and Google, as reported by Reuters. The move aims to enhance transparency on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Threads by informing users when the content they see is digitally synthesized media… Read More »

Deepfake celebrities begin shilling products on social media, causing alarm

Enlarge / A cropped portion of the unauthorized AI-generated version of Hanks that the actor warned about on his Instagram feed. reader comments 113 with News of AI deepfakes spread quickly when you’re Tom Hanks. On Sunday, the actor posted a warning on Instagram about an unauthorized AI-generated version of himself being used to sell… Read More »

Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking

reader comments 12 with The maintainers of the open source software that powers the Mastodon social network published a security update on Thursday that patches a critical vulnerability making it possible for hackers to backdoor the servers that push content to individual users. Mastodon is based on a federated model. The federation comprises thousands of… Read More »

Instagram photographer has a confession: His photos are AI-generated

Enlarge / Jos Avery uses Midjourney, an AI image synthesis model, to create images that he then retouches and posts on Instagram as “photos.” reader comments 53 with Share this story With over 26,000 followers and growing, Jos Avery’s Instagram account has a trick up its sleeve. While it may appear to showcase stunning photo… Read More »

Third-party Twitter clients stopped working, and nobody’s sure why

Enlarge / Many third-party Twitter clients, apps the social network has been seeking to diminish since 2012, are suddenly not working, with no update or outreach from Twitter. Nathan Coppen/Getty Images reader comments 134 with 0 posters participating Share this story Tweetbot, Twiterrific, Echofon, and other third-party Twitter clients have failed to work for many… Read More »

How to download a backup copy of your Twitter data (or deactivate your account)

Enlarge / Whatever happens, it’s nice to know your data options. Benj Edwards reader comments 144 with 93 posters participating, including story author Share this story Big changes are underway at Twitter as we speak—including new leadership—and some people are nervous about what the future might bring for the social network. Things may end up… Read More »

Think Indie Podcast: Episode 11

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Twitter’s latest robo-nag will flag “harmful” language before you post

Enlarge / Before you tweet, you might be asked if you meant to be so rude. reader comments 35 with 26 posters participating, including story author Share this story Want to know exactly what Twitter’s fleet of text-combing, dictionary-parsing bots defines as “mean”? Starting any day now, you’ll have instant access to that data—at least,… Read More »