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Goldman Sachs explains axing DEI rule which has ‘served its purpose’

Several organisations including Amazon and Meta have ditched their diversity goals and programmes

The Independent UK

Scammers Using AI To Dupe The Lonely Looking For Love

Meta on Wednesday warned internet users to be wary of online acquaintances promising romance but seeking cash as scammers use deep fakes to prey on those looking for love.

International Business Times

Accept all or bust: how cookie walls are creating a two-tier internet

While the legal approach towards single-choice cookie walls and the 'Pay or Consent' model is changing, experts think these practices shouldn't have a place within an ethical data protection framework. Here's what's at stake for the future of our online privacy.

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Looking for love this Valentine's Day? Don't fall for Instagram romance scams

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms is urging users to stay vigilant about “romance scams” ahead of Valentine’s Day, warning of unsolicited messages through its apps and other social media platforms, as well as general text messages

The Independent UK

I was a content moderator for Facebook. I saw the real cost of outsourcing digital labour

Tech firms must invest in and respect the people who filter social media and label the data that AI relies on, says Sonia Kgomo, an organiser with African Tech Workers Rising

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk and Bill Ackman are pulling out of Delaware. Now the state is scrambling to protect its $2 billion legal economy

Big names like Tesla and Dropbox have already left, and Meta is looking to do the same.

Fortune

How Musk uses sexism to scam MAGA men

How to sell MAGA men a pro-scam agenda? Tell them a woman founded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Meta’s recent layoffs take an unexpected turn

The tech giant just made a harsh move that is raising eyebrows.

The Street

Meta's Record-Smashing Rally Reaches 17th Day Amid AI Push

Meta stock's record-setting winning streak has reached 17 days, with the Facebook parent up 20% this year.

Investors Business Daily

Social media is broken. Could BuzzFeed’s new “Island” platform finally make social media about the content, not the algorithms?

BuzzFeed is developing a social media platform using “human creativity fighting against the machine”

Digital Camera World

Mark Zuckerberg warned employees to prepare for an ‘intense year.’ He just laid off 3,600 workers—including some who claim they got glowing reviews

Ex-Meta employees have said they weren’t low performers, yet were laid off anyway.

Fortune

META Stock: Insider Selling Ramps Up—What It Means for Investors

Meta Platforms insiders are selling the stock like it's going out of style, but investors shouldn't read too much into the news; analysts and institutions buy.

MarketBeat

Latin America is moving fast to protect democracy from excesses of big tech

Bosses of tech giants Meta, Google and X had front row seats at Donald Trump’s recent presidential inauguration. This special treatment highlighted the increasingly cosy relationship between leaders of technology companies and the White House.

The Conversation

What to do if your social media accounts are hacked

Having your social media hacked can be a daunting experience

The Independent UK

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OpenAI and Broadcom to finalize custom AI processor in the coming months say industry sources

OpenAI's custom silicon design will resemble that of Google's TPU, expected to be taped out in the coming months.

The Guardian - US

Zuckerberg’s swerve: how diversity went from being a Meta priority to getting cancelled

Meta once invested millions and attracted top talent as tech’s leader in corporate diversity. After those aspirations peaked in 2019, the company scuttled them altogether

Fortune

Karma is a powerful weapon in the war for talent

Also: Former Meta director sues, Nokia taps new AI-focused CEO.

The Street

Big tech uses Super Bowl to get important messages to Americans

This year's ads showed viewers that some big-name companies are focused on one thing.

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Meta can turn your thoughts into words typed on a screen if you don't mind lugging a machine the size of a room around

Meta tests brain-typing machine.

Android Central

Meta is boosting its speech and translation AI with a fresh program

Meta and UNESCO are teaming up to boost AI translation for lesser-known languages.

Barchart

Bank of America: 3 Stocks to Buy for Future Stock Split Potential

These stocks could all be split candidates in 2025 based on their share prices and historical average returns.

Android Central

ChatGPT and Google won battle for best tech Super Bowl ads — and Meta lost

Meta's confusing smart glasses ad traded too heavily on star power and bad humor, while Gemini and ChatGPT focused on AI's potential and heart.

The Conversation

Google has dropped its promise not to use AI for weapons. It’s part of a troubling trend

Last week, Google quietly abandoned a long-standing commitment to not use artificial intelligence (AI) technology in weapons or surveillance. In an update to its AI principles, which were first published in 2018, the tech giant removed statements promising not to pursue:

Fortune

Europe wants AI to speak its languages

The OpenEuroLLM project includes leading regional AI companies like Aleph Alpha and AMD-owned Silo AI.

The Conversation

Generative AI, online platforms and compensation for content: the need for a new framework

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence has put the issue of compensation for content producers back on the table.

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