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Meta's 'biggest single takedown' saw removal of 7,704 Facebook accounts

As per The New York Times, the posts were part of a Chinese influence campaign that stands out as the largest such operation to date, researchers at Meta said in a report on Tuesday

Meta platform back on track with spending focused where investors want

After an unpopular pivot to Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse virtual-reality vision in 2021 and last year's record stock plummet, the firm is seen to be back on track

HUL's Shikhar user interface made seamless as popular social media apps

Apart from making the B2B app user-friendly for retailers, the FMCG major is looking to expand Samadhan, which cuts delivery time to just a day

Data Protection Bill: Experts warn of risks in verifying IDs for apps

If a child uses 40 apps on the phone and each of these apps has a copy of the child's Aadhar card along with their parents, then it would be a big issue, an industry expert said

AI deception: What can you do when artificial intelligence lies about you?

Scott Cambo, who helps run the project, said he expected a huge increase of cases involving mischaracterizations of actual people in the future

Meta's AudioCraft will allow users to generate music from text

AudrioCraft is a new generative AI tool unveiled by Meta that can generate audio and music from text prompts

Amazon, Meta among firms to unveil AI safeguards after Biden's warning

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology have agreed to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by President Joe Biden's administration. The White House said Friday that it has secured voluntary commitments from seven U.S. companies meant to ensure their AI products are safe before they release them. Some of the commitments call for third-party oversight of the workings of commercial AI systems, though they don't detail who will audit the technology or hold the companies accountable. A surge of commercial investment in generative AI tools that can write convincingly human-like text and churn out new images and other media has brought public fascination as well as concern about their ability to trick people and spread disinformation, among other dangers. The four tech giants, along with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and startups Anthropic and Inflection, have committed to security testing carried out in part by ...

Certification in Web 3.0, Social Media and Metaverse program at IIT Delhi

The program is uniquely intended for graduates from any background looking for a lifelong career in the Web 3.0, social media, or Metaverse domains, as well as experts in the software and IT industry

HCLTech joins Meta, IT ministry programme to help India XR start-ups

Programme helps companies working in augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality

Instagram announces AR effects, trending, recommendations in Templates

Facebook parent Meta's photo sharing app Instagram today announced improvements to reel templates that include text, transitions and AR effects in the reels editor, and revamp of the templates browser. In a reel shared by Instagram Head Adam Mosseri, the company said, In addition to the number of clips and music, we are adding text, transitions and AR effects and you can edit those as you see fit. Instagram is also completely revamping the templates browser, which allows users to see trending templates as well as personalised recommendations, and templates or audio that creators have saved. Speaking on the rationale of these improvements, Mosseri said Templates 2.0 might inspire users to make something. We believe that anyone can be creative, and creativity isn't limited to artistic masterpieces or professionals...sometimes you need just a little bit of inspiration, that's where templates can come in, he added. Instagram reels allow users to post videos under 15 minutes. It follow

G20 must join hands to meet challenges from dynamite, metaverse: Amit Shah

Warning the global community about security challenges which have evolved from "dynamite to metaverse" and "hawala to crypto currency", Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday asked G20 member countries to rise above conventional boundaries and share information on real time to check all crimes in the cyber space. Speaking at the 'G20 Conference on Crime and Security in the Age of NFTs, AI & Metaverse', he underlined the threats emanating from cyber criminals using darknet, metaverse, deepfakes, ransomware and toolkit-based misinformation campaigns and strategic targeting of critical information and financial systems. Without taking names, Shah said some anti-social elements and global forces are using technology to cause economic and social harm to citizens and governments. "The G20 has so far focused on digital transformation and data flow from an economic perspective, but now it is important to understand the aspects of crime and security, and find a solution," he said. Shah .

PNB launches virtual branch in the Metaverse with immersive 3D experience

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Thursday announced the launch of a virtual branch, PNB Metaverse. It is a virtual branch of the bank, which will deliver a unique experience of banking to existing and new customers who can now explore the bank's products and services such as bank deposits, retail/MSME loans, digital products, women/senior citizens, 'Do It Yourself' and government flagship schemes, PNB said in a statement. PNB has developed the Bank's Metaverse Branch, where its esteemed customers will get exclusive access to its virtual environment from the comfort of their home or office through their mobile phones and laptops, it said. In addition, the bank will offer an immersive 3D experience to the customers while performing traditional banking activities through their digital avatars, it said. In this new phase of the internet, which evolves from a disparate collection of sites and apps into a persistent 3D environment, where moving from work to a social platform is

Proptech startup OfficeBanao raises funds from ex-Meta MD, ex-Collier CEO

Real estate startup OfficeBanao, which raised USD 6 million from Lightspeed in April this year, on Thursday said it has raised funds from three angel investors, including former Meta India MD Ajit Mohan and former Colliers India CEO Ramesh Nair. The company did not disclose the amount raised. Gurugram-based OfficeBanao, which is a workspace interior platform, said in a statement that it has "raised an undisclosed amount of angel investment" from Ajit Mohan, founding CEO, Hotstar and former MD, Meta India, Ramesh Nair and Apurva Chamaria - Head of Partnership solutions, start-ups & venture capital, Google India. The startup seeks to disrupt the competitive workspace interior market with its comprehensive, end-to-end service.. With the additional funding, OfficeBanao plans to fuel its expansion. "The funds will be utilized to further enhance its technology-driven platform, accelerate product development, and expand its workforce," the statement said. The platform is for designers,

Twitter silently does away with the requirement to log in to see tweets

The micro-blogging platform prevented users from checking out a tweet if they were not logged in and prompted them to log in for the same

Threads: Meta's "Twitter killer" app puts Elon Musk under pressure

Users, on the whole, may care little about that. What they will care about, though, is a lack of control over what they see in their Threads feed

Instagram to launch text-based conversation app Threads to take on Twitter

A user has to have an Instagram account to sign up for Threads, where the Instagram username will be used on the Threads app

Home ministry to host 2-day G20 meet on crime, security in age of NFTs, AI

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs will organise the "G20 Conference on Crime and Security in the Age of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Metaverse" on July 13-14 in Gurugram, officials said on Monday. The two-day event is being organised in partnership with the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of External Affairs, National Security Council Secretariat and the Central Bureau of Investigation, they said. The Rashtriya Raksha University, National Forensic Science University, National Law School of India University, Interpol and UNODC are the event's organising partners. "The MHA will host the 'G20 Conference on Crime and Security in the Age of NFTs, AI and Metaverse' on July 13-14. It will bring together G20 countries, nine special invitee countries and domain experts (from) around the world to delve into the challenges of advancing technologies," a Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) spokesperson said. The conference wil

Generative AI to flexi batteries: Here's WEF's list of top 10 emerging tech

The technologies featured in the Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2023 have the greatest potential to positively impact the world

Meta introduces text-based 'world chat' feature for Horizon Worlds

Users will be able to connect with or follow others participating in the chat by simply clicking the person's name to view their profile and inviting them to connect

Traditional AI deployment of 70% companies has failed: BCG X executives

AI and GAI are beyond providing just efficiencies in data management, etc. It is about the transformation of business operations, said Sylvain Duranton, MD and senior partner, BCGX