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How interesting that Meta called @wired.com "dishonest" and then (quietly) removed the face-recognition system it had previously (also quietly) integrated into an app downloaded onto 50 million phones. Dishonest!
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report wired.com
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NEW: A @wired.com analysis of Meta's app for its smart glasses found that the company has been adding code for face recognition since January, while saying that it is still "thinking through" whether to deploy it. @dmehro.bsky.social and @dell.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wir…
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones wired.com
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"I don't know how else to say this, but this sounds completely insane. I don't know how anyone can argue against the idea that Flock literally tracks people."
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code wired.com
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- OS Investigate lets police identify drivers and track vehicles from movement patterns alone, despite Flock's public claim its cameras cannot do so.
- The tool ships with 69 prewritten prompts; 19 focus on patterns and 14 require no plate, name or physical description at all.
- WIRED reporters reconstructed the software from files exposed through Flock's own login pages; it is being tested with a small group of agencies.
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NEW: Meta’s AI strategy is ripping the company to shreds — and the tea is piping hot! Among the many scoops in this story, someone interrupted an internal Meta call this week to describe a company exec as “a piece of shit.”
‘Tell Him He’s a Piece of Shit’: Meta’s New AI Unit Is a Total Mess wired.com
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NEW: Meta has run dozens of paid ads that include explicit, AI-generated child sexual abuse material in recent months. Some as recently as this week. "These are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company coll…
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery wired.com
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I wish I disagreed with @stevenlevy.bsky.social but this column is totally right: People might hate AI, but yes, they will totally use Google’s new search. (To the detriment of many, including publishers.)
Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search | WIRED wired.com
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NEW: Meta paid hundreds of contractors to pretend they were kids—and then prompt rival chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT to talk about subjects like suicide, sex, eating disorders, and self-harm. From @dmehro.bsky.social and @joelkhalili.bsky.social
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs | WIRED wired.com
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Can AI do fact-checking? We asked an intrepid @wired.com fact checker to fact-check the LLMs: "According to my research, AI is even more wrong than people might think."
I’m a Professional Fact-Checker. AI Is Wrong More Often Than You Think | WIRED wired.com
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Meta is making more money than ever. Meanwhile, company employees are miserable. "Everyone is unhappy; the only people who are not unhappy are, literally, executives."
Meta’s New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale | WIRED wired.com
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