Tag: social media

  • The Register: Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/fake_social_media_ads_ai_tool/ Source: The Register Title: Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool Feedly Summary: Millions may fall for it – and end up with malware instead A group of miscreants tracked as UNC6032 is exploiting interest in AI video generators by planting malicious ads on social media platforms to steal…

  • Slashdot: Duolingo Faces Massive Social Media Backlash After ‘AI-First’ Comments

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/25/0347239/duolingo-faces-massive-social-media-backlash-after-ai-first-comments Source: Slashdot Title: Duolingo Faces Massive Social Media Backlash After ‘AI-First’ Comments Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Duolingo’s recent shift towards an “AI-first” policy spearheaded by CEO Luis von Ahn, resulting in the phasing out of human contractors. This move has led to significant public backlash,…

  • Slashdot: AI-Generated ‘Slop’ Threatens Internet Ecosystem, Researchers Warn

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/088238/ai-generated-slop-threatens-internet-ecosystem-researchers-warn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI-Generated ‘Slop’ Threatens Internet Ecosystem, Researchers Warn Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights significant concerns regarding the rise of AI-generated content, which may overwhelm human-created material and contribute to scams on social media. The trend raises alarms about the quality of online content and…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Max Woolf

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/5/max-woolf/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Max Woolf Feedly Summary: Two things can be true simultaneously: (a) LLM provider cost economics are too negative to return positive ROI to investors, and (b) LLMs are useful for solving problems that are meaningful and high impact, albeit not to the AGI hype that would…