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Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-17 15:59:29

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative technology,” Paxton is quoted as saying. “By posing as sources of emotional support, AI platforms can mislead vulnerable users

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Texas AG accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-17 21:59:29

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative technology,” Paxton is quoted as saying. “By posing as sources of emotional support, AI platforms can mislead vulnerable users

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Meta Wants to Make Its First AR Glasses With a Display as Cheap as a Flagship Phone

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-11-18 02:10:35

If there’s one thing that we’ve learned in the world of mixed reality over the past year, it’s that price is pretty much everything. Just ask Apple, which is still struggling to find an audience for its $3,500 Vision Pro headset. I mean, it’s not that there’s not a lot to love about the Vision Pro (the best UI in mixed reality and a premium display are particular highlights), but I bought my first used car for a price that wasn’t too far off, and that at least got me to work semi-on time. It’s

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Better Than Ray-Bans? Meta Could Unveil 'Hypernova' Glasses Next Month

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-17 23:02:00

September is gearing up to be one of the most exciting months of the year for new technology launches, with Meta reportedly set to unveil its next-generation smart glasses. Codenamed Hypernova, according to Bloomberg, the glasses are set to start around $800 for the basic model -- that's at least $200 less than previously thought. This pair of glasses will reportedly differ from the current Meta Ray-Bans due to the addition of a small augmented-reality display in the right lens of the glasses,

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Better than Ray-Bans? Meta Could Unveil 'Hypernova' Glasses Next Month

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-18 11:02:39

September is gearing up to be one of the most exciting months of the year for new technology launches, with Meta reportedly set to unveil its next-generation smart glasses. Codenamed Hypernova, according to Bloomberg, the glasses are set to start around $800 for the basic model -- that's at least $200 less than previously thought. This pair of glasses will reportedly differ from the current Meta Ray-Bans due to the addition of a small augmented-reality display in the right lens of the glasses,

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Meta’s first Android-based AR glasses could be landing very soon at an irresistible price

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-18 16:56:01

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Meta’s first augmented reality glasses are reportedly launching next month. These glasses, codenamed “Hypernova,” will offer a barebones interface with basic support for notifications and Meta’s AI. The glasses are reported to launch at just $800, to rake in far more orders than Apple’s extravagantly priced Vision Pro. Apple took a leap of faith when it first showcased its $3,500 extended reality headset, the Vision Pro, in 2023. Despite the slow roll

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Neighbors Uncover Something Incredibly Sketchy at Mark Zuckerberg's Compound

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-18 15:52:04

"The Zuckerbergs have become cartoon villains." Privatest School Pissed off neighbors of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg uncovered that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, were running a school that violated city code at their Palo Alto compound in California, The New York Times reports. It's a shocking revelation that couldn't have come at a worse time for the couple and Meta. Zuckerberg and Chan are under fire for closing two schools for low-income families and for Zuckerberg's Meta allowing its AI c

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Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-19 10:38:40

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said he intends to investigate whether Meta’s generative AI products exploit, deceive, or harm children, after leaked internal documents showed the company’s chatbots were allowed to have “romantic” and “sensual” chats with children. “Is there anything – ANYTHING – Big Tech won’t do for a quick buck?” Hawley wrote in a post on X announcing the investigation. Hawley chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, which he says will commence a prob

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Man Falls in Love With an AI Chatbot, Dies After It Asks Him to Meet Up in Person

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-19 08:47:48

A man with cognitive impairments died after a Meta chatbot he was romantically involved with over Instagram messages asked to meet him in person. As Reuters reports, Thongbue Wongbandue — or "Bue," as he was known to family and friends — was a 76-year-old former chef living in New Jersey who had struggled with cognitive difficulties after experiencing a stroke at age 68. He was forced to retire from his job, and his family was in the process of getting him tested for dementia following concerni

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Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies for children following damning report

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-11-19 20:23:51

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs after attending a Federal Trade Commission trial that could force the company to unwind its acquisitions of messaging platform WhatsApp and image-sharing app Instagram, at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2025. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said Friday that he will investigate Meta following a report that the company approved rules allowing artificial intelligence chatbots to have certain "romantic" and "sensual" conversations with c

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Angry, confused and worried about police – behind Instagram bans

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-20 05:00:49

Angry, confused and worried about police – behind Instagram bans 13 hours ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images The banning of accounts has left an emotional impact on people Instagram users have told the BBC of their confusion, fear and anger after having their accounts suspended, often for being wrongly accused by parent company Meta of breaching the platform's child sex abuse rules. For months, tens of thousands of people around the world have been compla

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Samsung is working on an all-new pair of smart glasses to take on Ray-Ban Meta

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-21 09:22:18

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is reportedly developing affordable smart glasses inspired by Ray-Ban Meta. The glasses may include a camera, speakers, and a microphone, but no display. Set for a late 2026 debut, these smart glasses are separate from Samsung’s XR headset plans. Smart glasses remain a particularly niche genre of wearable technology, even in mid-2025, but they are steadily growing in popularity. While the Ray-Ban Meta continues to lead the charge and has prove

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Instagram users angry and confused as Meta overturns yet more account bans

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-21 05:00:49

Instagram users angry and confused as Meta overturns yet more account bans 7 hours ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save Getty Images The banning of accounts has left an emotional impact on people Instagram users have told the BBC of their confusion, fear and anger after having their accounts suspended, often for being wrongly accused by parent company Meta of breaching the platform's child sex abuse rules. For months, tens of thousands of people around the world have be

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One of the Most Prolific VR Headset Makers (Not Meta) Now Has Smart Glasses (Not Ray-Bans)

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-11-23 00:28:40

XR, or extended reality, headsets are on the outs, but smart glasses are eating more and more of what was once VR’s slice of the face-mounted wearables pie. HTC, one of the few lingering pioneers of VR headsets with its Vive series, couldn’t stand up to Meta’s Quest for cheap consumer virtual reality, but it may be able to shoulder in some room with a new pair of smart glasses that goes tit for tat with Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley HSTN smart eyewear. The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have proved pop

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Cohere hires long-time Meta research head Joelle Pineau as its chief AI officer

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-11-23 10:00:00

Investors once saw Canadian AI startup Cohere as a promising contender to challenge OpenAI and Anthropic in the race to build frontier AI models, with its backers pouring roughly $1 billion on their bet on CEO Aidan Gomez, who co-authored a seminal paper on LLMs when he was a 20-year-old Google intern. But Cohere’s AI models have fallen behind the state-of-the-art, and its business hasn’t scaled like its competitors. Now, the company is bringing in a veteran research leader to revamp its AI ef

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Thought HTC was dead? It just launched a surprisingly compelling Ray-Ban Meta rival

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-23 15:07:58

HTC Vive TL;DR HTC’s Vive division has announced a new pair of smart glasses called Eagle. These glasses come with a design similar to Ray-Ban Meta glasses but with better specifications and more colors. Unfortunately, HTC is limiting sales to Taiwan, unlike other Vive headsets that also sell globally. HTC has long given up on phones (except it hasn’t completely and still sells entry-level phones in certain markets). But its Vive division has continued to work on AR, VR, and XR headsets. It

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HTC takes on Meta with the Vive Eagle smart glasses

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-23 20:00:48

HTC is once again attacking the wearable space with a pair of new smart glasses, the company announced. The Vive Eagle is a rival to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses with a fashion-foward lightweight design, open ear audio, voice-activated AI and an ultra-wide AI-powered camera. They look promising, if a bit expensive, but will only be available in Taiwan to start with. The Taiwanese firm clearly noticed that Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses have been a surprise hit. It's easy to see why — in our Engadget re

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Researchers Harness Black Metal to Turbocharge Solar Power

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-11-24 20:00:39

Several years ago, an optics expert developed a technique for turning shiny metals pitch black. The trick resulted in a material perfectly suited for absorbing sunlight—so much so that generators built with it produced 15 times more power than comparable devices. The team used black metal to develop a new design for solar thermoelectric generators. Known as STEGs, they can convert various types of thermal energy into electricity. However, technological limitations significantly curbed their pot

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Threads crosses 400M monthly active users as it gains on X

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-27 00:11:12

Following a recent series of welcome updates as Threads turned two, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today that his X competitor crossed 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), a 50 million boost since April. Zuckerberg’s announcement today was short, but significant: The last time Meta detailed its monthly active user number was on April 30, during its Q1 2025 earnings call, up from 320 million in Q4 2024 in late January. If it keeps it stride, this means Meta could see north of 100M MAUs

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The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Alan Macleod 2025-11-28 20:07:34

It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see. Aaron is being interviewed in a bright warehouse-turn

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Meta makes conservative activist an AI bias advisor following lawsuit

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-01 05:04:37

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Conservative activist Robby Starbuck will serve as an advisor at Meta to address “ideological and political bias” within the company’s AI chatbot, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes as part of a settlement Meta reached with Starbu

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After a Summer of Chaos, OpenAI Strikes Back

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-12-02 05:01:03

OpenAI just had its best week in months. And it desperately needed it. The San Francisco-based company, best known for ChatGPT, has spent much of June and July in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. First came the talent raid: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg opened the checkbook, reportedly offering hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to lure away OpenAI’s top researchers. Several jumped ship. CEO Sam Altman publicly lashed out, calling Meta’s approach mercenary and accusing it of hav

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The winners and losers in tech's AI-powered ad race

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-12-03 10:59:14

In this article META GOOGL RDDT SNAP PINS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now Artificial intelligence has been a shot in the arm for digital advertising. Meta and Alphabet both reported sales and earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations, but the strength in digital ad spend was notable. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the earnings call that AI helped imbue "greater efficiency and gains across our ad system," thus contributing to the 22% year-over-year increa

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Facebook and Instagram may be down for some users

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-03 15:22:24

Meta is apparently experiencing some capacity of server issues today. According to Downdetector, user reports of Facebook and Instagram not refreshing have spiked recently. Meta hasn’t acknowledged any outage on its system status page yet, and Facebook appears to be loading fine here. But if you’re having issues loading either app today, Downdetector shows that you’re not alone. ❗️Can't refresh your feed or messages on Facebook and Instagram? You're not alone! Downdetector users have been

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Meta Says ‘Big Wearable’ News Is Coming, but There’s Only One Thing I Want to Know

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-12-03 15:25:42

Meta has been on a pretty serious campaign to prove it’s at the cutting edge of consumer tech, and AI isn’t the only target on the board. AR/XR has also clearly been a priority if the last few weeks are any indication (see this paper in Nature about its wristband tech and drips on groundbreaking VR research for proof), and its vision on that front is starting to actually take shape. According to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, the company’s annual Connect conference in September, where it showcases t

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Tech is getting a boost from AI ad tools. Some companies are being left behind

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-12-03 20:51:45

In this article META GOOGL RDDT SNAP PINS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Artificial intelligence has been a shot in the arm for digital advertising. Meta and Alphabet both reported sales and earnings that beat Wall Street's expectations, but the strength in digital ad spend was notable. Meta CEO Mark Zuck

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Meta acquires AI audio startup WaveForms

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-12-04 05:24:04

In Brief Meta has acquired AI voice startup WaveForms for an undisclosed sum, The Information reports. It’s the company’s latest buy to strengthen its new AI unit, Superintelligence Labs, and Meta’s second major AI audio acquisition in the last month after it bought PlayAI. WaveForms, founded just eight months ago, raised $40 million from Andreessen Horowitz in a round that valued the company at $160 million pre-money, per PitchBook data. Two of the startup’s co-founders – former Meta and Ope

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The Morning After: Meta teases high-spec VR headset prototypes

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-05 02:15:03

Meta previewed some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week and plans to demo them at next week’s SIGGRAPH conference. The aim, according to Meta’s blog post, is to offer VR experiences “indistinguishable from the physical world” — something it says no present-day VR system has yet done. It wants to surpass what it terms the visual Turing test. “Our mission for this project was to provide the best image quality possible,” said Xuan Wang, an optical research scientist with Reality Lab

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Meta says these wild headset prototypes could be the future of VR

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-05 10:51:32

Meta previewed some of its latest virtual reality prototypes this week, with concepts that are compelling on the specs and long on the design. Literally. The company shared some details on its Tiramisu project, dubbing it "hyperrealistic VR." This set promises three times the contrast, 14 times the maximum brightness and 3.6 times the angular resolution of the Meta Quest 3. In actual stats, that's up to 1,400 nits of brightness and an angular resolution of 90 pixels per degree. One of the goals

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‘Dan Da Dan’ Just Added Heavy Metal Exorcisms to Its Raucous Anime Medley

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-12-05 10:15:57

Dan Da Dan season 2 has consecutively become the talk of the anime community online, with each passing episode becoming another grand moment in its rise to become the main character of the internet. Its latest anime feat sees the show go full death metal in a raucous exorcism. In Dan Da Dan episode 6, titled “We Became A Family,” Okarun, Momo, and crew are quite literally picking up the pieces from Evil Eye’s sudden attack inside the Ayase house. In the previous episode, which featured the anim

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Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

Texas AG accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

Meta Wants to Make Its First AR Glasses With a Display as Cheap as a Flagship Phone

Better Than Ray-Bans? Meta Could Unveil 'Hypernova' Glasses Next Month

Better than Ray-Bans? Meta Could Unveil 'Hypernova' Glasses Next Month

Meta’s first Android-based AR glasses could be landing very soon at an irresistible price

Neighbors Uncover Something Incredibly Sketchy at Mark Zuckerberg's Compound

Sen. Hawley to probe Meta after report finds its AI chatbots flirt with kids

Man Falls in Love With an AI Chatbot, Dies After It Asks Him to Meet Up in Person

Sen. Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies for children following damning report

Angry, confused and worried about police – behind Instagram bans

Samsung is working on an all-new pair of smart glasses to take on Ray-Ban Meta

Instagram users angry and confused as Meta overturns yet more account bans

One of the Most Prolific VR Headset Makers (Not Meta) Now Has Smart Glasses (Not Ray-Bans)

Cohere hires long-time Meta research head Joelle Pineau as its chief AI officer

Thought HTC was dead? It just launched a surprisingly compelling Ray-Ban Meta rival

HTC takes on Meta with the Vive Eagle smart glasses

Researchers Harness Black Metal to Turbocharge Solar Power

Threads crosses 400M monthly active users as it gains on X

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Facebook and Instagram may be down for some users

Meta Says ‘Big Wearable’ News Is Coming, but There’s Only One Thing I Want to Know

Tech is getting a boost from AI ad tools. Some companies are being left behind

Meta acquires AI audio startup WaveForms

The Morning After: Meta teases high-spec VR headset prototypes

Meta says these wild headset prototypes could be the future of VR

‘Dan Da Dan’ Just Added Heavy Metal Exorcisms to Its Raucous Anime Medley

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