Templates and Examples from 7 Writers

You’ve probably received dozens of spammy, impersonal direct messages (DMs) in your social media inboxes that you never bothered replying to. Think messages from people who misspell your name, are clearly looking to sell you something you don’t need, or are just copy-pasting text en masse.  It’s little wonder that DMs get a bad rap,…

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How Meta animates AI-generated images at scale

We launched Meta AI with the goal of giving people new ways to be more productive and unlock their creativity with generative AI (GenAI). But GenAI also comes with challenges of scale. As we deploy new GenAI technologies at Meta, we also focus on delivering these services to people as quickly and efficiently as possible….

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Instagram Threads search now supports ‘all languages’ in latest update

Instagram’s Twitter/X rival, Threads, is becoming more competitive with the expansion of its keyword search feature to all markets where the app is available. The feature was initially tested in English-speaking markets including Australia and New Zealand in August before expanding to most other English and Spanish-speaking countries, including the U.S. in September. Now, according…

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X Shares Insights Into Olympics Engagement

Despite reports of limited growth at X, the platform itself is touting new record high engagement numbers for the Olympics, as it looks to showcase the ad placement opportunities that this provides for its partners. And X really needs those partners to run more campaigns. Recent reports suggest that X’s overall revenue is down around…

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Health insurers can’t rely on AI in deciding Medicare coverage, new guidelines clarify

Patients under Medicare Advantage (MA) plans have more protection from the threat of AI-related bias, according to new rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the federal agency tasked with overseeing Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Health Insurance Marketplace. In a policy memo sent to insurers on Feb….

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So long, Twitter Circles | TechCrunch

If tic-tac-toe has taught us anything, it’s that Xs and circles cannot peacefully coexist. X, the app formerly known as Twitter, has shut down the Circles feature, which allowed users to post to a small, exclusive audience. Like an Instagram Close Friends story, Circles — née Twitter Circles — offered a more intimate social media…

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