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Meta patches FB bug that sent unwanted friend requests to users
According to The Daily Beast, the tech giant has apologised for the glitch after several Facebook users complained about the massive privacy breach on social media. "We fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent mistakenly. We've stopped this from happening and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused," a Meta spokesperson was quoted as saying.
Meta expands Ads on Reels test with new performance-based payout model
Meta is also evolving the programme by testing a new payout model that pays creators based on the performance of their public reels, not the earnings of ads on their reels. "This means creators can focus on creating engaging content while we optimise the ad experience for advertisers and people," Meta said in a blogpost on Tuesday.
WhatsApp bug causing some Android devices to falsely report microphone access
The issue first surfaced a month ago, but it received renewed attention after a Twitter engineer mentioned it in a post boosted by Elon Musk, reports Engadget. Twitter engineer Foad Dabiri recently shared an image that raised concerns about the app's privacy practices. The image appeared to show that the app's microphone was.
77% of the people surveyed in India have purchased a product or a service after watching Reels: Meta study by Factworks
The programme is aimed at enabling brands to supercharge business results through entertaining storytelling on Reels, and by leveraging the power of the thriving creator ecosystem in India. At the start of the year, Meta in India decided to work with leading brands across categories to determine the impact Reels Ads could have on their marketing objectives.
WhatsApp working on new 'channels lists' feature on iOS
According to WABetaInfo, the new feature will be listed within the Status tab, which is now called "Updates", where both status updates and channels are shown. In particular, status updates will always be displayed horizontally in order to provide more space for the channels list.
WhatsApp's new feature to let you create single-vote polls
In Polls, the company has introduced three options -- Create Single-Vote Polls, Search for Polls in Your Chats, and Stay Updated on Poll Results. The company introduced the 'Create Single-Vote Polls' option for poll creators to allow people to vote only once. Poll creators will just need to turn off the allow multiple answers option.
Meta warns about malicious ChatGPT imposters
Meta has compared this phenomenon to cryptocurrency scams, as both tactics exploit people's curiosity and trust to gain access to sensitive information. The company said they have found around 10 malware families posing as ChatGPT and similar tools to compromise accounts across the internet.
Meta purges over 43 mn bad pieces of content on FB, Insta in March in India
These include pre-established channels to report content for specific violations, self-remediation flows where they can download their data, avenues to address account hacked issues etc, said Meta in its monthly report in compliance with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.
Meta seeks OpenAI's help to create AI coding assistant for its engineers
According to 'Command Line' by The Verge's Alex Heath, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth recently told employees about the plan, saying the cost for building an AI coding engineer is "crazy" at about seven cents per query. "That's the only place in the company we're really considering working with Microsoft and OpenAI, just because there's a natural business integration there," he told employees.
Meta seeks OpenAI's help to create AI coding assistant for its engineers
According to 'Command Line' by The Verge's Alex Heath, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth recently told employees about the plan, saying the cost for building an AI coding engineer is "crazy" at about seven cents per query. That's the only place in the company we're really considering working with Microsoft nd OpenAI, just because there's a natural.
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