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Users asking for dating, gaming advice to Twitch's 'AI Jesus' chatbot
The chatbot, which goes by the name "AI Jesus," is available 24/7 to answer all sorts of questions, most of them related to relationships and gaming. According to Quartz, the chatbot's algorithm allows AI Jesus to answer questions in a calm, monotone voice, as his mouth appears to lip-sync the words.
Social media 'trust or distrust' buttons may help curb spread of fake news
"Over the past few years, the spread of misinformation, or 'fake news', has skyrocketed, contributing to the polarisation of the political sphere and affecting people's beliefs on anything from vaccine safety to climate change to tolerance of diversity. Existing ways to combat this, such as flagging inaccurate posts, have had limited impact," said Professor Tali Sharot at University College London.
10 lakh Indian digital content creators likely to earn Rs 40K a month each
The annualised growth rate for India is over 115 per cent for individual creators as compared to the global growth rate of 18 per cent, according to the report by creator economy startup Animeta on the 'International Creators Day'. In three years, 10 lakh creators in India would have at least 100,000 subscribers/followers, growing at 37 per cent at an annualised level, which will allow them to a steady digital income at par with a decent-paying full-time job.
Instagram Reels adds dedicated 'trends' section for creators
The social network has added a dedicated destination for trending audio and hashtags, two new metrics to Reels insights and brought gifts on Reels to more countries. Creators will now be able to see what the top trending topics and hashtags are on Reels. "We're making it easier for you to edit your reels on Instagram by bringing together video clips, audio, stickers, and text on a unified editing screen," said Meta.
Starboard acquires conservative social media app Parler
Parler was forced to go offline in the wake of encouraging violence during the Capitol Hill chaos in the US in January 2021. Google and Apple also removed the platform from their respective app stores for violating their policies. Last year, both the companies allowed Parler to return to the app stores, following improvements the company made to better detect and moderate hate speech.
Zoom acquires employee communications platform Workvivo
Founded in 2017, Workvivo provides a feature-rich employee experience platform, combining advanced internal communication and engagement tools, a social intranet, and an employee app, all blended into one central hub, forming the heart of a company's digital ecosystem.
How social isolation impacts our energy
The study, published in Psychological Science, suggests that low energy may be a basic human response to a lack of social contact. It also showed that this response was affected by social personality traits of the participants. If we do not eat for an extended period, a series of biological processes ensue and create a craving sensation we recognise as hunger.
77% of young Indians now spend the most on phones, apparels
Among the rest, 26 per cent seek financial help from friends and family and 7 per cent rely on loans for such purchases, according to data shared by Moj, the country's largest short-video platform. The report found that over 77 per cent of young India spends most of their time watching short videos, followed by 16 per cent on news and entertainment channels and 7 per cent on television and OTT.
Blocking directions given for 30,310 URLs since 2018 till March 15
Section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 gives the government the power to issue directions for blocking for access of information if it is necessary or expedient to do so in the interest of the sovereignty, integrity and defence of India, security of the state, friendly relations with foreign states or public order or for inciting cognisable offence relating to the above.
US FTC asks for info on misleading ads from social media, video streaming firms
The orders were sent to Meta Platforms, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snap, Twitter, Pinterest, and Twitch Interactive. According to FTC data, the amount of money consumers have reported losing to fraud that originated on social media platforms has skyrocketed since 2017.
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