In what can’t be an accident, Meta has withdrawn its misinformation-tracking tool CrowdTangle less than three months before the U.S. presidential election. Researchers and watchdogs had pleaded with Meta to keep the tool available. Meta offers its Content Library as an alternative, but access to that is restricted and pointedly excludes most news organizations.
After several years of deliberation, the FTC unanimously approved a finalized rule banning deceptive practices relating to consumer reviews. In addition to banning fake reviews (explicitly including those created by AI), the rule condemns censoring negative reviews and compensating third-parties for positive reviews. It’s going to be hard to distinguish positive from honest reviews, which are certainly often incentivized in the tech space.
At least one generative AI use case is up and running at 97% of $500 million-plus enterprises surveyed by cloud and tech provider Searce. Nearly all (98%) agree AI is a priority and almost as many (93%) report at least somewhat successful results so far. Data privacy (45%), legacy technology (40%), and lack of talent (40%) are the top barriers, with skepticism about reliability, accuracy and effectiveness (39%) close behind.
CDP Zeta Global has unveiled Athena, a “superintelligent” voice-activated interface that delivers instant answers, smarter decisions, and agentic actions throughout the Zeta platform. It activates a suite of agentic apps that can adapt to each user’s specific goals and styles. Early access will begin later this year, with a suite of agentic apps to follow in the first half of next year.