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TikTok Created AI Generated Profile Pictures

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The process goes like this Users will be prompted by the tool to upload a set of three to ten pictures and select between two to five distinct styles for the AI-generated images. After completing this step, it may take a while for the photos to be produced. Once they are finished, you have the option to download them, choose one to use as your profile picture or share one on your TikTok story. Social media consultant Matt Navarra showed how it exactly worked. The process showed how to upload your selfie images, including notes on how TikTok will use, and delete, any pictures that you send it. Test in Some Areas TikTok planned to take it as an experiment in some selected regions. They told  TechCrunch  that “We’re always thinking about new ways to add value to the community and enrich the TikTok experience, as we continue to build a safe place that entertains, inspires creativity, and drives culture,” according to TikTok spokesperson Zachary Kizer. “In a few select regions, we...
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Instagram Adds Trending Reals and Other Features For Creators

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  Recently, I nstagram Reels introduced several updates for creators. According to  Meta’s announcement , these features include a dedicated destination for finding inspiration through trending audio and hashtags, a unified editing screen for easier reel editing, new metrics for Reels insights, and expanded gift features to more countries. Instagram aims to empower creators to grow and succeed on the platform by providing them with better tools and insights. Reel Trends By clicking on ‘Check Today’s Reel Trends’, creators will see top trending songs on Reels, how frequently the audio is used, trending topics, and hashtags. According to  TechCrunch,  Meta announced its purpose as assisting creators in gaining more knowledge about current trends, thereby enabling them to create more informed content and stay up-to-date with trends. Editing Tools By consolidating video clips, audio, stickers, and text into a single editing screen , the app now provides a more intuitive ...
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Elon Musk's Twitter-Substack Feud Intensifies with Handpicked Writer Quitting

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  On April 6th, writers on Substack could not embed tweets in their posts anymore. This was because Twitter blocked likes, retweets, and comments on tweets with Substack newsletter links. Moreover, users could not pin tweets with a Substack link to their profile. As reported by Mashable , after writer Matt Taibbi announcing to leave Twitter and only using Substack, Elon Musk unfollowed him.  Matt Taibbi was the editor for 'Twitter Files', that Musk believed would be a shocking exposé of former leadership, but now they are not on great terms. Intentional Or Not? Why Block Substack? At first, it was uncertain whether Twitter's action was intentional because Twitter did not officially make an announcement. However, as reported by The Verge , Taibbi mentioned that he was informed that Twitter's reaction to Substack's posts was due to the launch of a feature similar to Twitter called "Notes" by the newsletter platform.  Substack’s Notes Why Did Writers Quit? T...
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Twitter’s Algorithm Became Open Source

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Twitter made their code that selected which tweets appear on users’ timelines available on GitHub . After March 31st, everyone in the world had access to the codes. It also published a blog post clarifying this move. The blog post explained several considerations and steps of the algorithm. What did they post? walk you through their algorithm’s steps According to The Verge , Twitter’s blog post listed three recommendation stages. First, it gathered Tweets from different sources. Second, it ranked tweets by using a machine learning model. After that, it deleted the parts users had seen, blocked, and considered dangerous for work.  interesting portion of the code: tracking metrics Twitter explicitly tracks metrics for users divided into four categories:  "power_user" "republican" "democrat" and "elon" Twitter was tracking Elon Musk’s tweets! Musk responded to it during the Twitter Spaces audio chat after the release of codes. As reported by Mashabl...
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Facebook Collaborates With the Police to Prosecute Abortion Seekers

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Since abortion is forbidden throughout the nation with the reversal of Roe v. Wade , the police started to use social media to track people’s abortion-related communications.  Recent news showed that chats in social media could be evidence during prosecution. According to Mashable , this spring, Jessica Burgess and her daughter will stand trial in Nebraska for performing an illegal abortion, with Meta, Facebook's parent company, providing crucial evidence. Burgess allegedly assisted her daughter in locating and taking abortion pills. TechCrunch reported that Facebook provided chat logs to the officers. Meta stated that they practiced the "valid legal warrants from local law enforcement". Facebook is not the only company sharing data. Insider asserted that many online pharmacies which sell abortion drugs shared sensitive information with third-party platforms such as Google. The information includes users’ addresses, personal information, and search data. The correlat...
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Twitter Makes SMS Two-Factor Authentication Exclusive for Twitter Blue Subscribers

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Twitter posted a new announcement on its  official blog , saying that non-Twitter Blue subscribers have 30 days to change to another security method. After the 20th of March 2023, only subscribers can use text messages as two-factor authentication.  What is the current 2FA on Twitter? In order to log in with 2FA, users must also provide a code or security key in addition to their password. There are   three methods of 2FA : text message, authentication app, and security key.  Why did Twitter make the change? As  Twitter  explained, ' While historically a popular form of 2FA, unfortunately, we have seen phone-number based 2FA be used - and abused - by bad actors. ' In other words. Twitter charges for this method of authentication because of its lack of safety from hacking. As  Social Media Today  suggested, it meant that Twitter would only trust the subscribers willing to pay $8 monthly are real humans, though there was no guarantee for accounts' ...
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INSTAGRAM CO-FOUNDERS CREATED ARTIFACT, A NEW AI APP

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Four years after Instagram's founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, left Instagram, they came back to the area of social media with a new AI social media called ARTIFACT. It is now available to join its waitlists for both Android and IOS app.  The word ARTIFACT is defined by Social Media Today as 'articles, facts, and artificial intelligence’. By using the AI technology, the app pushes what the readers like based on their in-app activities. ARTIFACT was described by PlatFormer as 'TikTok for the text' . Its creator, Kevin Systrom, said it is 'a personalized news feed'. Similar to TikTok, the app automatically pushes news articles for users based on their searching and reading history. It also shows more articles from users you follow, their commentary on the posts , and direct messaging inboxes , suggested by Mashable .  It looks like the For You page in TikTok, but delivers information in the text format. Different from Twitter, it adds  AI pushes. Unlik...
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