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Artificial general intelligence — when AI becomes more capable than humans — is just moments away, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg declares

Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will have "an absolutely massive amount of infrastructure" in place by the end of the year to prime it for training an artificial general intelligence model.

LiveScience

Meta is building a superintelligent AI — and one expert warns of ‘significant moral issues’

Meta plans to cement its position as the leader in open-source artificial intelligence by training a superintelligent AI and making it available to everyone. However, this isn’t a universally popular idea due to the potential risks involved.

Tom’s Guide

‘Very scary’: Mark Zuckerberg’s pledge to build advanced AI alarms experts

Meta CEO accused of being ‘irresponsible’ by considering making tools on par with human intelligence open source

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Forget AI chatbots, Meta is aiming for something way bigger

Everyone's doing AI chatbots, but Meta seems to have bigger goals in the pipeline.

Android Central

Tesla leak: Australian judge refuses carmaker’s ‘draconian’ request for arrest warrant

Company sought arrest warrant for Keith ‘Keef’ Leech after he allegedly posted links to confidential documents on social media in defiance of court order

The Guardian - AU

Meta documents show 100,000 children sexually harassed daily on its platforms

Employees fretted over company’s ‘negligible’ response to child grooming, according to internal documents made public in lawsuit

The Guardian - US

Sheryl Sandberg to leave Meta board, shifting focus to philanthropy

Sheryl Sandberg, longtime executive at Meta, is leaving the board of directors. Known for her role in Facebook's growth, she plans to focus on philanthropy...

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Meta Joins Rivals In Pursuit Of Human-level AI

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said his company is joining the pursuit of creating super artificial intelligence, putting it in a race with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google.

International Business Times

Morning Mail: Netanyahu rejects any two-state plan, 3.39am finish in tennis, weed highways

Israeli leader tells US his country needs total control ‘west of the Jordan’; Expert says performance rankings for homes is a ‘total waste of time’

The Guardian - AU

$2bn woman: how Sheryl Sandberg became one of tech’s most successful bosses

Sandberg was once considered so critical to Facebook’s success that her exit was seen as potential risk to investors’ money

The Guardian - UK

Who is Sheryl Sandberg? Former Meta chief to leave company board

Former Meta chief announces departure on Facebook with tribute to Mark Zuckerberg

Evening Standard

Meta downplays concerns by Australia’s online safety regulator it is censoring pro-Palestinian content

Company says there was ‘briefly’ a problem with ‘inappropriate Arabic translations’

The Guardian - AU

First Thing: Israeli president labels Tehran ‘empire of evil’

Isaac Herzog also tells Davos that Gaza’s population is ‘entrenched in network of terror’. Plus, Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice every hour

The Guardian - UK

‘Fundamentally against their safety’: the social media insiders fearing for their kids

Parents working for tech companies have a first-hand look at how the industry works – and the threats it poses to child safety

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Meta's Sheryl Sandberg To Step Down From Board

Meta's former chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, announced that she is leaving the company's board after more than a decade.

The Guardian - UK

Sheryl Sandberg to leave board of Facebook parent Meta

Former chief operating officer was lead architect of Facebook’s digital advertising-driven business model

International Business Times UK

Number of Self-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) Increases By 66%

The Internet Watch Foundation reported the identification of self-generated child sexual abuse material involving children under 10 on over 100,000 web pages.

The Guardian - US

Revealed: US police prevented from viewing many online child sexual abuse reports, lawyers say

Social media firms relying on AI for moderation generate unviable reports which prevent authorities from investigating cases

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TechRadar

If you're in the EU, you can now decide how much data to share with Google

The Big Tech giant is getting ready to comply with new DMA rules on data-sharing. Here's all you need to know to take back some more agency on your digital privacy.

Broadcasting & Cable

DoubleVerify To Gauge Brand Safety And Suitability on Facebook, Instagram

New coverage includes Feeds and Reels

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LG may join the crowded XR headset market in 2025: Here's what we know

According to a new report, LG might be adding yet another XR headset to the already crowded market for 2024 and 2025.

The Guardian - UK

Over 90% of child sexual abuse imagery is self-generated, data shows

Volume of material children are coerced or groomed into creating prompts renewed attack on end-to-end encryption

TechRadar

LG plans to launch an Apple Vision Pro rival in 2025, and it could be a dark horse

LG is leveraging its OLED TV expertise to create an XR device, and it plans to launch it as soon as 2025.

The Guardian - US

‘The tide has turned’: why parents are suing US social media firms after their children’s death

Social media firms have faced scrutiny from Congress over their impact on young users, but parents who have lost kids to online harm are now leading the charge

Fortune

AI's impact and lack of coordinated AI regulation 'could change the course of history not necessarily for the good’, warns Swiss banking watchdog

“We know that it is impossible to solve the challenges posed by topics such as AI or climate without a common international agreement,” the Spanish bank governor said.

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