It took a little prompting and a Reuters investigative report, but Meta’s decided teen safety could be a good thing, so it’s going to start training its AI chatbots not to engage with teen users on self-harm, suicide, disordered eating, or potentially inappropriate romantic conversations. That is of course good, although Meta could have done even better to be proactive about it.
The EU and Brazil are establishing data adequacy protocols to strengthen economic ties and facilitate data transfers. This is one of the broadest agreements offered by the EU and recognizes Brazil’s strict privacy protection in keeping with GDPR. In the EU, the decision will require approval from EU member states.
While the company claims personal credit information was not compromised, hackers did get names, birth dates, and social security numbers.
One of the normal stages in the maturation of a new technology is appearance of industry-specific applications. AI agent-powered end-to-end marketing campaigns have reached that stage remarkably quickly. Case in point: Birdeye has released an agentic marketing platform for its base of multi-location brand marketers.