Meta’s family of apps serves trillions of image download requests every day. And if you’re into high-quality images, you’ve probably noticed that Instagram and Threads have added support for high dynamic range (HDR) photos. Now people on Threads and Instagram can upload and share images that are more true-to-life, with the full color and range…
Cohost, a would-be X rival launched to the public in June 2022, is shutting down, the company announced via the social network’s staff account earlier this week. The service had operated much like Twitter, offering users the ability to follow others, view posts in a feed, and like and repost content shared by others. However,…
The culprit behind last month’s fake Biden AI robocalls appears to have been identified. New Hampshire’s Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that it traced the illegal calls back to Life Corporation, a company based in Texas, and its owner Walter Monk. A cease-and-desist order has been issued against Life Corporation, which is accused of…
Jay Clouse believes there’s a scientific method to content creation and is on a mission to prove it. With “Creator Science” and “The Lab,” Jay Clouse is redefining content creation as a holistic science to an audience of more than 100,000 people across the Internet. With his experience spanning multiple industries, side hustles, roles, and…
Hiring is a team sport. Savvy recruiting leaders and recruiters who want to reinforce this partnership are doing something unusual. In addition to surveying hiring managers to get feedback on recruiting effectiveness, they’re now surveying recruiters to get feedback on hiring manager effectiveness. What? Yes! The hiring managers who get top talent don’t suck. They…
One of X’s key advertisers, Apple, will pause its advertising on the platform, according to a report from Axios. Apple follows in the footsteps of advertisers like IBM and the European Commission, who have suspended ads on X amid increased on-platform antisemitism. Per research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, X has failed to…
When a company is described as dynamic, you often also hear about innovation — how, for example, that business was on top of the latest wave of technology or the hottest consumer trends. But what if we’ve got it all wrong about what it takes for a company to be dynamic? According to a new study…
Python plays a big part at Meta. It powers Instagram’s backend and plays an important role in our configuration systems, as well as much of our AI work. Meta even made contributions to Python 3.12, the latest version of Python. On this episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, Meta engineer Pascal Hartig (@passy) is joined by Amethyst…
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has struck a deal with the WGA, but still refuses to bargain with Hollywood’s striking actors on issues like fair pay and the use of AI in filmmaking — and that refusal is impacting studios’ release calendars in a major way. Many films and TV shows…
“What we’ve done is we’ve used the same psychological techniques that apps like Instagram, TikTok, or mobile games use to keep people engaged,” Luis says. “But in this case, we use them to keep people engaged with education.” There are reasons you may want to watch. Years before starting the language app, Luis received a…
YouTube is taking strong action to stop the spread of AI-generated content in true crime stories. Starting January 16, 2024, YouTube’s new rules focus on videos that “realistically imitate” minors or victims describing violent events. This aims to stop the trend of using AI to make videos of victims, often using childlike voices to narrate…
While I edit and write “how-to” articles, I also sometimes find myself in need of how-to directions myself. But when I do a search for guidance on, say, a difficult crochet stitch, it often helps to have a blow-by-blow text explanation that I can have handy without having to sit and watch a video over…
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Voicetapp AI Speech to Text Transcription is on sale for £48.34, saving you 66% on list price. Sometimes, it’s easier to read than to listen. For online students, that might mean checking the transcript of a virtual class. For professionals, it may be studying the minutes of a meeting you…
Segmentation – identifying which image pixels belong to an object – helps with tasks like analyzing scientific imagery or editing photos. Our original Segment Anything Model released last year inspired new AI-enabled image editing tools in our apps, such as Backdrop and Cutouts on Instagram. SAM has also catalyzed diverse applications in science, medicine and…