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Meta's All In on AI Creating the Ads You See on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 01:25:15

Meta is working toward a future where many of the ads you see on Facebook or Instagram are created from scratch by artificial intelligence, and thus more easily targeted specifically to you. Its goal is fully automated AI-powered ad generation by the end of 2026, the Wall Street Journal first reported. Following this initial news, TikTok also announced it's launching AI-powered advertising features on its platform and Meta unveiled that ads are now coming to WhatsApp -- further strengthening the

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Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-16 01:22:43

After Mattel and OpenAI announced a partnership that would result in an AI product marketed to kids, a consumer rights advocacy group is warning that the collaboration may endanger children. It remains unclear what shape Mattel's first-ever AI product will take. But on Tuesday, Public Citizen co-President Robert Weissman issued a statement urging more transparency so that parents can prepare for potential risks. Weissman is particularly concerned that ChatGPT-fueled toys could hurt kids in unkn

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Max will show autoplaying video previews suggested by AI

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-03-15 21:18:02

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Max — soon to be called HBO Max again — is rolling out an update that automatically plays video previews when you hover over shows and movies. The video previews are launching to users in the US now, but Max is still working on an “AI-assisted” tool to pick the clips that go in them. In the “coming weeks,” Max says its AI tool will automatically id

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Tumblr’s content filtering systems have been falsely flagging posts as ‘mature,’ users blame AI

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2026-03-16 01:20:27

Tumblr is the latest tech company to grapple with automated flagging and takedowns that have gone haywire and raised the ire of users. In recent days, Tumblr users have complained their content is being flagged as “mature,” even when that’s not the case. The problem has reduced the visibility of users’ posts because many people on the platform have configured their settings to hide mature content by default. According to numerous posts from impacted Tumblr users, posts have been falsely flagge

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OpenAI lands $200 million US defense contract

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2026-03-16 04:51:00

What just happened? The Department of Defense has awarded a one-year, $200 million contract to OpenAI to develop advanced artificial intelligence tools aimed at addressing critical national security challenges "in both warfighting and enterprise domains." The deal was announced Monday in the DoD's daily list of newly awarded contracts. The Department of Defense said OpenAI will receive $2 million immediately for research and development purposes. The company will also use the funds to test and

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Fintech Ramp's valuation hits $16 billion in deal led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

cnbc.com Eric Rosenbaum 2026-03-16 04:16:27

Ramp, which offers a financial operations platforms to corporate clients, has raised its valuation to $16 billion in a new fundraising led by long-time investor Founders Fund, Peter Thiel's venture firm. The $200 million round is the fifth that Founders' has led for Ramp and raised its valuation by $3 billion. It last raised money at a $13 billion valuation in March. Founded in 2019, Ramp offers services that cover corporate cards, procurement, bookkeeping, travel booking, and vendor managemen

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This 1-800 number will generate ChatGPT images, if for some reason you need that

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-16 08:46:37

The discourse around artificial intelligence has all been about pursuing the bleeding edge, pushing the tech into the future as fast as possible. So maybe it should be refreshing that OpenAI's latest announcement feels almost quaintly analog. Starting today, users can tap into the company's image generation by texting 1-800-ChatGPT on WhatsApp. The post on X announcing this new option for using the ChatGPT AI chatbot specifies that the feature is "now available to everyone." I'm not sure what p

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New Veeam RCE flaw lets domain users hack backup servers

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-16 06:42:48

Veeam has released security updates today to fix several Veeam Backup & Replication (VBR) flaws, including a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2025-23121, this security flaw was reported by security researchers at watchTowr and CodeWhite, and it only impacts domain-joined installations. As Veeam explained in a Tuesday security advisory, the vulnerability can be exploited by authenticated domain users in low-complexity attacks to gain code execution remotely on

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CPU-Based Layout Design for Picker-to-Parts Pallet Warehouses

news.ycombinator.com Looms 2026-03-16 06:49:10

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Ethan Hunt Doesn’t Die in the New ‘Mission Impossible,’ But They Considered It

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-03-16 08:00:11

When the eighth Mission: Impossible film changed its title to “The Final Reckoning,” we all had the same thought: Tom Cruise’s character, Ethan Hunt, was going to die. It would have been the most obvious way to add some real finality to the franchise, but we now know that doesn’t happen. Instead, Ethan lives, as does his sworn enemy, the Entity. And, in a new interview, writer-director Christopher McQuarrie discussed those crucial decisions and many more. In an extended, spoiler-filled conversa

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AI copyright anxiety will hold back creativity

technologyreview.com Nitin Nohria 2026-03-16 06:00:00

During a later visit to a Picasso exhibit in Milan, I came across a famous informational diagram by the art historian Alfred Barr, mapping how modernist movements like Cubism evolved from earlier artistic traditions. Picasso is often held up as one of modern art’s most original and influential figures, but Barr’s chart made plain the many artists he drew from—Goya, El Greco, Cézanne, African sculptors. This made me wonder: If a generative AI model had been fed all those inputs, might it have pro

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Samsung’s next foldables could arrive with a Google AI Pro freebie (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-16 12:37:44

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority TL;DR Select Android smartphones offer an extended premium trial of Google’s AI services, including the Pixel 9 and Galaxy S25. A recent Google app update suggests that the Galaxy Fold 7 and Flip 7 will soon join that club. It’s still unclear for how long this free offer might apply, but was 6 months for the S25 series. Google’s premium AI offerings can pull off some really impressive feats — if you haven’t had a chance yet to see what kind of videos Veo 3 can

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How Reddit's new AI ad tools help brands join the conversation

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-03-16 12:25:00

Bloomberg/Getty Images Reddit wants to make it easier for brands to keep up with -- and tap into -- the cultural dialogue. On Monday, the social media platform introduced Reddit Community Intelligence, an AI-powered product aimed at helping marketers leverage the billions of conversations taking place across its platform. The announcement, made at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity -- the ad industry's biggest annual event -- coincides with Reddit's 20th anniversary. Also: Adobe Firefly

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ChatGPT search just got smarter - but can it replace Google for you yet?

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2026-03-16 12:56:08

Dmitry Kovalchuk/Getty Watch out, Google. OpenAI has beefed up its ChatGPT search tool to try to win over more people. And it may be working. In a new support article published last Friday, OpenAI described a recent upgrade designed to improve the quality and performance of its search option. In general, ChatGPT search has been enhanced to provide more comprehensive and up-to-date responses. Based on its own testing, OpenAI said that users preferred the new search process over the previous exp

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You Can Now Generate ChatGPT Images by Texting a 1-800 Number on WhatsApp

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 12:12:53

ChatGPT's image generator tool now takes requests at 1-800-CHATGPT. The feature, announced by OpenAI on Monday in a post on X, allows anyone with a WhatsApp account to text that phone number and make a request for an AI-generated image using a plain-language prompt. In a CNET test, the ChatGPT hotline was able to create an old-school corded telephone image with the ChatGPT logo on it in about two minutes. The 1-800 number also accepts ChatGPT requests that aren't for images. If you don't have

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OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-16 12:26:28

OpenAI executives have discussed filing an antitrust complaint with US regulators against Microsoft, the company's largest investor, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two long-term AI partners. OpenAI, which develops ChatGPT, has reportedly considered seeking a federal regulatory review of the terms of its contract with Microsoft for potential antitrust law violations, according to people familiar with the matter. The potential antitr

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California is trying to regulate its AI giants — again

theverge.com Hayden Field 2026-03-16 12:07:48

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Last September, all eyes were on Senate Bill 1047 as it made its way to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk — and died there as he vetoed the buzzy piece of legislation. SB 1047 would have required makers of all large AI models, particularly those that cost $100 million or more to train, to test them for specific dangers. A

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Max will show autoplaying video previews picked by AI

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-03-16 12:18:02

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Max — soon to be called HBO Max again — is rolling out an update that automatically plays video previews when you hover over shows and movies. The video previews are launching to users in the US now, but Max is still working on an “AI-assisted” tool to pick the clips that go in them. In the “coming weeks,” Max says its AI tool will automatically id

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Anysphere launches a $200-a-month Cursor AI coding subscription

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-03-16 12:45:37

Anysphere launched a new $200-a-month subscription plan for its popular AI coding tool, Cursor, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The new plan, Ultra, offers users 20x more usage on AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI compared to the company’s $20-a-month subscription plan, Pro. Anysphere also says Cursor users on the Ultra plan will get priority access to new features. Anysphere CEO Michael Truell said in a blog that the Ultra plan was made possible throug

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SAP S/4HANA Cloud vs On-Premise: A Comparative Analysis for Financial Systems

computer.org Laurel Tweed 2026-03-16 14:00:11

Introduction The “SAP S/4HANA Cloud” and “SAP S/4HANA On Premise” are two deployment options which address the independent needs of the business. “SAP S/4HANA Cloud” is a Software as a Service (SaaS) hosted product, maintained by SAP, and automatically upgraded on a quarterly basis. It provides scalability and agility, which is appealing to a mid sized company for its ability to do quick innovation and lower IT infrastructure cost to maintain its financial architecture. However, the “SAP S/4HA

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Lawyers Just Discovered Something About Meta's AI That Could Cost Zuckerberg Untold Billions of Dollars

futurism.com Unknown 2026-03-16 16:09:59

A legal expert found that Meta's AI is able to spit out entire portions of books verbatim — and if he's right, it could be seriously bad news for the company and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. First, a quick primer. All the AI that's commercially buzzy at the moment, like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Meta's Llama, is trained by feeding in huge amounts of data. Then researchers do a bunch of number crunching using algorithms, basically teaching the system to recognize patterns in all that data so thoroughly th

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My favorite iPhone productivity feature just got a major upgrade with iOS 26 (and it's not Siri)

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2026-03-16 16:59:00

Apple Shortcuts app on MacOS 26 Apple At WWDC last week, Apple showcased multiple new functionalities coming to its Shortcuts app. While most of these features were part of the MacOS 26 announcement, the Shortcuts app on iPhone will receive this update, too. The Shortcut app can use AI directly and enables developers to access Apple's on-device large language model (LLM). This means you can use AI-based Shortcut features without requiring an active internet connection. Also: Apple's 'The Illu

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AI is rapidly transforming customer experiences - here's 8x8's vision for the future of CX

zdnet.com Omer Minkara 2026-03-16 16:34:33

Just_Super/Getty Images Who says the contact center space is moving slowly? In early April, I attended 8X8's Analyst Summit 2025, where company leaders outlined their vision for transforming customer experience (CX) through an integrated, AI-enabled ecosystem. There was so much content about recent and upcoming trends that I needed to take some time to analyze the discussions before sharing this now long-overdue recap of the event. Also: 7 strategic insights business and IT leaders need for AI

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Voyager: Real-Time Splatting City-Scale 3D Gaussians on Your Phone

news.ycombinator.com Liu 2026-03-16 14:08:01

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The X-Men Join the Fight In Your First Look at the Next Issue of ‘Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-03-16 16:00:02

Godzilla’s been having a comics cameo queen moment for a while now, and Marvel has been celebrating the Big G’s 70th anniversary in style with a series of fun one-issue crossovers with a whole host of Marvel heroes, from the Fantastic Four to Spider-Man. But the fun’s over now: Godzilla’s here to stomp over the Marvel Universe for real, and as things get from bad to worse for heroes and villains alike, it’s almost time for mutantkind to enter the fight to save Earth. Gerry Duggan and Javier Gar

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Alaska Issued Its First Heat Advisory, and Only 2% of Homes Have AC

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-16 16:41:21

Alaska got its first-ever heat advisory over the weekend, which is in effect until June 17. Over the last few days, temperatures in central Alaska have reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit (that's 30 Celsius). It's not as if Alaska never gets hot in the summer. However, as Jason Laney, a warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Fairbanks, Alaska, told CNET, "The frequency with which the heat is coming up is starting to be a bit of a concern." This heat advisory seems pr

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Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly seeking a $4.3B equity raise

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-03-16 16:26:47

In Brief Elon Musk’s startup xAI is trying to raise a $4.3 billion equity investment, according to a report from Bloomberg. This equity funding would be in addition to the $5 billion that Musk is allegedly trying to raise in debt funding for the combined entity of X and xAI. The company appears to be raising money again after landing a $6 billion cash infusion in December, because it has already spent much of its money. xAI makes Grok, the AI chatbot that’s embedded inside the social network

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How AI chatbots keep people coming back

techcrunch.com Maggie Nye 2026-03-16 16:39:00

Chatbots are increasingly looking to keep people chatting, using familiar tactics that we’ve already seen lead to negative consequences. Sycophancy can make AI chatbots respond in a way that’s overly agreeable or flattering. And while having a digital hype person might not seem like a dangerous thing, it is actually a tactic used by tech companies to keep users talking with their bots and returning to their platforms.

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Our top air purifier is $35 off in an early Prime Day deal

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-16 21:32:25

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . We now know that the 2025 edition of Amazon's blockbuster Prime Day sales event will start on July 8, and it's set to be bigger than ever as it will run for four days. But you don't need to wait until then for tasty deals. There will be plenty in the lead up to the event, including thi

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How to automate IT ticket handling with AI and Tines

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-03-16 21:01:11

Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features pre-built workflows shared by IT and security practitioners from across the community - all free to import and deploy through the platform’s Community Edition. A recent standout is a ticket-handling workflow developed by Connor Brewer, Principal Solutions Architect at Uzado Inc., a Canadian IT and security service provider. Built with Tines Pages and powered by AI, the workflow invites employees to subm

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Latest Tech News

Meta's All In on AI Creating the Ads You See on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp

Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

Max will show autoplaying video previews suggested by AI

Tumblr’s content filtering systems have been falsely flagging posts as ‘mature,’ users blame AI

OpenAI lands $200 million US defense contract

Fintech Ramp's valuation hits $16 billion in deal led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

This 1-800 number will generate ChatGPT images, if for some reason you need that

New Veeam RCE flaw lets domain users hack backup servers

CPU-Based Layout Design for Picker-to-Parts Pallet Warehouses

Ethan Hunt Doesn’t Die in the New ‘Mission Impossible,’ But They Considered It

AI copyright anxiety will hold back creativity

Samsung’s next foldables could arrive with a Google AI Pro freebie (APK teardown)

How Reddit's new AI ad tools help brands join the conversation

ChatGPT search just got smarter - but can it replace Google for you yet?

You Can Now Generate ChatGPT Images by Texting a 1-800 Number on WhatsApp

OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft

California is trying to regulate its AI giants — again

Max will show autoplaying video previews picked by AI

Anysphere launches a $200-a-month Cursor AI coding subscription

SAP S/4HANA Cloud vs On-Premise: A Comparative Analysis for Financial Systems

Lawyers Just Discovered Something About Meta's AI That Could Cost Zuckerberg Untold Billions of Dollars

My favorite iPhone productivity feature just got a major upgrade with iOS 26 (and it's not Siri)

AI is rapidly transforming customer experiences - here's 8x8's vision for the future of CX

Voyager: Real-Time Splatting City-Scale 3D Gaussians on Your Phone

The X-Men Join the Fight In Your First Look at the Next Issue of ‘Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe’

Alaska Issued Its First Heat Advisory, and Only 2% of Homes Have AC

Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly seeking a $4.3B equity raise

How AI chatbots keep people coming back

Our top air purifier is $35 off in an early Prime Day deal

How to automate IT ticket handling with AI and Tines

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