Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.

Meta’s new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of the ill-fated Groups app Facebook shut down in 2017. Rather than going to ChatGPT or tacking “Reddit” onto the end of a Google search, Forum […]
The company describes the app as a “dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers and communities you care about.”

Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that social media addiction has cost public schools massive amounts of money, according to Bloomberg. The suit, filed by the Breathitt County School District in Kentucky, claims that social media has disrupted learning and created a mental health crisis, straining budgets. The […]
A new class action claims OpenAI shared ChatGPT prompts and user identifiers with Google and Meta trackers, raising fresh privacy concerns around intimate chatbot conversations.
Meta is using AI visual analysis to scan photos and videos for physical indicators like height and bone structure to detect and remove users under 13 from Instagram and Facebook.

Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect and remove users under 13: AI bone structure analysis. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta – Facebook and Instagram’s parent company – says its AI system will scan photos and videos posted to its platforms for “general themes and visual cues,” including height and bone […]
Meta said over 8 billion advertisers have used at least one of its gen AI tools