Meta will collaborate with Center for Open Science to study social media’s impact on well-being
Meta will share “privacy-preserving social media data” with select academic researchers. This decision is part of Meta’s effort to understand the link between social media and how people feel. Curtiss Cobb, Meta’s VP of Research, emphasized the company’s dedication to contributing to scientific knowledge while ensuring user privacy.
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OpenAI launched a ChatGPT feature that allows users to mention and bring custom GPTs into a conversation
Typing ‘@’ during a ChatGPT conversation brings up a list of GPTs that users can mention and use directly in their chat. Custom GPTs can help with coding, can offer health advice, or specialize in generating images.
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The New York Times is building a team to experiment with uses for generative AI
Director of AI initiatives, Zach Seward, said he is building a team “focused on prototyping uses of generative AI and other machine-learning techniques to help with reporting and how The Times is presented to readers”.
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PayPal will lay off 2,500 employees
The company’s layoffs come almost exactly a year after PayPal fired more than 2,000 people to keep costs down. The staff who are affected will be notified by the end of the week, the company said.
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New products
Xiaomi 14 Ultra
Xiaomi 14 Ultra will have an AMOLED display, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and 16GB of RAM. It will come with a Sony LYT-900 main camera.
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Vivo V30 5G
The phone will have a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor and 12GB of RAM.
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