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Meta debuts Muse Spark 1. 1 model with preview open to developers
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (408+ words) By Harshita Mary Varghese and Katie Paul July 9 (Reuters) " Meta Platforms on Thursday released long-awaited developer access to its Muse Spark AI alongside an upgraded version, pitting it directly against the business models of Anthropic and "Open AI in charging…...
Meta's Threads reaches 500 million monthly users, rolls out new features
3+ week, 1+ day ago (181+ words) June 16 (Reuters) " Meta Platforms said on Tuesday its Threads app had reached 500 million monthly "active users, nearly three years "after the social network platform was launched as a competitor to Elon Musk's X. The social media company also announced new customization…...
Spain pushes ahead with social media, AI rules despite Big Tech lobbying pressure
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (41+ words) By David Latona MADRID, May 13 (Reuters) - Spain will push ahead with new rules to make social networks and AI safer despite intense lobbying from the tech industry, its digital transformation "minister Oscar Lopez told Reuters. "The profit of four tec....
China's Deep Seek AI chatbot suffers longest outage since viral rise in early 2025
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (207+ words) BEIJING, March 30 (Reuters) " China's popular Deep Seek artificial intelligence chatbot suffered on Monday its longest outage since the "viral rise of its flagship "R1 and V3 models early last year. Deep Seek's status website showed that the chatbot suffered a "major outage…...
One-fifth of Australian teens still use Tik Tok, Snapchat after social media ban
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (508+ words) SYDNEY, March 13 (Reuters) " One-fifth of Australian teenagers under 16 were still using social media two months after the country banned platforms from allowing minors, industry data showed, raising questions about the effectiveness of their age-gating methods. The number of 13-to-15-year-olds…...
Whats App launches parent-managed accounts for pre-teens amid safety concerns
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (215+ words) BRUSSELS, March 11 (Reuters) " Meta Platforms-owned Whats App said on Wednesday it would allow parents to create accounts for pre-teens, "restricted to messaging and calling, amid "rising global concerns about the impact of social media and chat apps on children. A…...
Palantir faces challenge to remove Anthropic from Pentagon's AI software
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (384+ words) By David Jeans and Mike Stone NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters) " Palantir is the latest company to face'the painful task of unwinding from Anthropic in the wake of the AI lab's dispute with the Pentagon over safety guardrails, raising questions about…...
Factbox-India's vast internet, social media apps market
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (327+ words) BENGALURU, Jan 29 (Reuters) " India is one of the most critical growth markets for social media companies, which are now facing calls to limit access to young people, "amid fears of "digital addiction. Here are facts about India's vast internet and…...
Elon Musk's X down for tens of thousands of users globally, Downdetector shows
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (154+ words) Jan 16 (Reuters) " X was down for tens of thousands of users worldwide "on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector. com. There were more than 41, 000 reports of issues with the social media platform "as of 10: 35 a. m. "ET in the United States,…...
Exclusive-Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US, Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (236+ words) Jan 14 (Reuters) " Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by roughly a dozen firms from the "U. S. and Israel due to national security concerns, two people briefed on the matter said. Broadcom-owned VMware, Palo Alto Networks…...