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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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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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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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SpaceX, the largest IPO of all time, encompasses Grok… a product that *still* generates non-consensual, explicit images and videos of women according to a new @wired.com investigation:
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women wired.com
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NEW: Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth sent out a lengthy internal memo today, acknowledging that the company did an "atrocious" job rolling out its new AI division -- and promising to rekindle internal culture. How? Snacks, for one.
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Admits the Company’s AI Reorg Was ‘Atrocious’ wired.com
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NEW: Dialog, the invite-only network cofounded by Peter Thiel, ranks its members based on money and fame — informing who’s in, who’s out, how much they pay to attend retreats, and even where they’re seated.
How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members wired.com
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