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Meta Adds ‘Live AI’ To Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
- Facebook parent Meta has added AI voice chat and live translation features to its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
- Users can now carry on a continuous voice conversation with the Meta AI chatbot and ask follow-up questions or change the topic.
- The update also includes live translation between English and Spanish, French, or Italian.
- Meta has also announced next-generation AR glasses called Orion, claiming them to be the most advanced pair of AR glasses.
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Meta to Pay $32 Million Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
- Meta has agreed to pay $32 million in a settlement related to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- The scandal involved the improper collection of personal data of up to 87 million Facebook users.
- The settlement highlights the costly impact of data breaches and the ongoing legal and reputational fallout faced by Meta.
- Meta's struggles with data privacy and user trust continue as they navigate stricter regulations.
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Android XR Is Google’s Final Shot to Overthrow Meta’s AR, VR
- Google has released its Android XR platform, featuring AI, AR and VR and a bracelet to help transition between realities, beating its main competition, Meta, which has already launched its own glasses and unveiled Orion, touted as the most advanced AR glasses on the market. Its decision instead is to offer natural conversation and a variety of glasses that can easily integrate with other Android devices.
- Google's first XR headset is scheduled to launch next year and supports tools such as ARCore, Unity, Jetpack Compose, and OpenXR to make it easier for developers to create applications for upcoming devices. However, Android XR's success depends on it being more open than visionOS and less predatory than Meta.
- Google's latest innovation, Astra, helps it better understand and respond to situations more naturally and in real-time. During the latest Astra Project demo, Google introduced its smart glasses, which come with a camera and always connected to Astra for instant information.
- Google is facing tough competition from Meta, which had earlier released its own glasses and unveiled Orion, the most advanced AR glasses on the market.
- OpenAI is expected to announce a hardware device soon, as it collaborates with former Apple design chief Jony Ive and his design firm, LoveFrom. It appears to be in the early stages, with a small team of former Apple designers, including Tang Tan and Evans Hankey, who are key to the development of the iPhone.
- It is essential to make the hardware lighter in AR/VR glasses, and this is a difficult task due to the constraints of physics to fit all of the hardware into such a small form factor. It's hard to fit enough computing power and optics into the glasses.
- Google Android XR is integrating AI, AR and VR to provide innovative headset and glasses experiences and a natural conversation to assist users in interacting with devices, planning, researching, and completing tasks.
- Google is taking a different approach this time by focusing on developing an operating system rather than hardware, similar to Meta's Horizon OS. The Android XR integration offers a variety of stylish and comfortable glasses that would work seamlessly with other Android devices.
- Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, predicts that smartphones will be replaced by augmented reality glasses in 10-15 years.
- Google's Android XR is supported by several tools, like ARCore, OpenXR, Jetpack Compose, Unity, making it easier for developers to create apps for upcoming devices. Additionally, Google Gemini offers natural conversations to help users engage with devices.
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Fed up with Twitter, Americans are fleeing to group chats
- Americans are turning towards smaller group chats like Discord, WhatsApp, and Signal as an escape from Twitter and other social media platforms due to their algorithmic determinations and its unclear moderation policies that create an environment that produces context collapse.
- These smaller chats offer more meaningful, context-specific conversations between people with looser connections, whereas social media platforms tend to flatten those conversations along with the tone of discourse on the internet.
- Discord, for example, is a platform that incentivizes interaction over lurking or building up big followings. Successful chats, whether they be held on Discord, Whatapp, or Signal, can be tough to regulate as moderators must establish etiquette where none previously existed.
- However, people like the CEO of Gingermay, Victoria Usher, sees her business group chats on WhatsApp as a way to optimize news, analysis and conversations about complicated issues, describing it as truthful unlike social media platforms that favour algorithmic delivery.
- Newer social media platforms like Bluesky, with its link-sharing system and lenient use of algorithmic determinations, has grown by 110% in November, from a user base of people who have abandoned or deactivated their X accounts.
- Moreover, scientists like Dr. Kate Mannell think group chats are valuable and reflect the way in which social groups actually exist in the flesh: as small communities of people who know each other very well, who share nuanced conversations about topics of interest without flattening the conversation.
- "It's going to be [news and stories] that I will find interesting. It doesn't feel like it's a truthful channel," Usher says about LinkedIn. "Within WhatsApp groups or Signal, people are much more likely to post what they actually feel about something."
- All in all, such chat groups may be unwieldly, but they offer a safe space in today's society for many to have candid conversations with friends and acquaintances.
- Ultimately, the value in these small chats lies in that moderation is often done by the integrity and social norms of the chat participants themselves. And while there's certainly room for innovation in this space, the rise of group chats highlights the desire for people to connect in online communities in must more personal and private ways.
- Journalist Amanda Hoover points out how such group chats embody real support and value for their participants and are here to stay in the internet landscape which encourages innovation and exciting ways to connect.
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Get AI Video and Live Translation Upgrades
- Meta announces upgrades to Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, including new AI features.
- The v11 software update introduces AI video and live translation capabilities.
- Ray-Ban smart glasses can now translate voice inputs into English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
- Meta integrates Shazam into the smart glasses for music identification.
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AI Companies Receive 42% of US Venture Capital Investment
- Venture capital in the U.S. has moved to artificial intelligence (AI) companies at an “unprecedented” rate.
- 42% of U.S. venture capital was invested into AI companies in 2024, up from 36% in 2023 and 22% in 2022.
- As of 2024, 20 AI companies have each raised $2 billion or more.
- HSBC Innovation Banking expects new waves of growth and tailwinds for returns in the U.S. tech sector due to changes in the acquisition market, deregulation, and fiscal policies.
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Potential payouts for up to 300,000 Australian Facebook users in Cambridge Analytica settlement
- Meta has agreed to a AU$50m settlement with Australia's privacy regulator over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
- The settlement is the largest ever payment dedicated to privacy concerns in Australia.
- The settlement allows potentially affected Australians to seek redress through Meta's payment program.
- The payment scheme will have two tiers based on the level of concern or damage suffered by individuals.
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Meta updates its smart glasses with real-time AI video
- Meta's Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses receive upgrades with real-time AI video.
- Firmware v11 introduces 'live AI' feature, enabling continuous conversation with Meta AI.
- Real-time AI video allows wearers to ask questions about their surroundings.
- Firmware v11 also adds live translation and Shazam support to the glasses.
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Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has 100M daily active users
- Meta's X rival Threads now has 100 million daily active users and 300 million monthly active users.
- This is the first time Threads has released daily active user figures.
- Threads has been aggressively releasing stats and features as rival network Bluesky gains traction.
- Recent features include custom feeds, 'starter packs' for new users, and the ability to change default feed.
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Meta just got off cheaply in a $50 million compensation deal over data scraping scandal
- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has settled a Federal Court case in Australia over the Cambridge Analytica scandal for $50 million.
- This settlement is significantly lower than the $725 million paid by Meta in the US settlement.
- The compensation program will offer payments to Australian Facebook users who installed the This is Your Digital Life app or were friends with someone who did between November 2, 2013, and December 17, 2015.
- The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner anticipates that the payment program will begin in the second quarter of 2025.
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Meta's Smart Glasses Gain Live AI and Live Translation
- Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses now feature live AI and live translation.
- The live AI allows the glasses to see what the wearer sees and engage in real-time conversations.
- The live translation feature can translate between English and Spanish, French, or Italian.
- Meta's smart glasses also integrate Shazam for song identification.
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A bold plan to spin out and revive Intel’s foundry business
- Intel's foundry business has negative value and is therefore unsustainable despite its strategic significance for the U.S. national interests and competitiveness.
- Intel's foundry is an asset showing negative worth with unsustainable losses that are dragging cash and lack the scale to compete in advanced manufacturing.
- A spinning-out Intel's foundry operation can be funded via multi-stakeholder investment and strategic partnerships with industry leaders like Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp.
- A possible solution to save U.S. advanced semiconductor manufacturing is for Intel to spin out Intel Foundry Services (IFS) as a joint venture and partner with TSMC or Samsung to leverage advanced manufacturing expertise.
- The new entity will reduce Intel's financial burden and create a competitive and independent entity capable of safeguarding U.S. semiconductor leadership and aligns with broader industry and geopolitical imperatives.
- Intel's wafer volumes for its x86 business is in long-term decline compared to the wafer demand for Arm processors dominated by TSMC that is at least tenfold greater.
- Intel's lower wafer volumes result in manufacturing costs that are at best 30% to 35% higher than TSMC's due to Wright's Law and cost challenges.
- IFS produces $19 billion in revenue and posted a 31% revenue decline year-over-year with a $7 billion operating loss in April 2021.
- There are stakeholders needed for the long-term success of a spun-out foundry entity that will take at least more than 10 years to become a viable competitor.
- The venture will require contributions from diverse stakeholders, including major US tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, NVIDIA, private equity firms, and public funds.
- The US government should divest its position over time and give the proceeds back to taxpayers in the form of debt reduction.
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Report Shows Teens Shifting from X and Facebook to TikTok and WhatsApp
- A new survey by Pew Research Center reveals the changing social media landscape among American teenagers.
- Teens spend more time online, with almost half of them being online 'almost constantly'.
- YouTube remains the most popular platform, followed by TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat.
- Facebook and Twitter (formerly X) have experienced significant declines in teenage users, while messaging apps like WhatsApp are gaining popularity.
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What is Instagram’s Threads app? All your questions answered
- Meta’s Threads app is a text-based Twitter rival that has more than 275m monthly active users and is tied to Instagram. Because you are logging in through your Instagram account, you will be able to follow all the people that you already follow. Limitations include 500 characters in one post, no DMs, and no third-party clients. Meta’s newest social network has Starter Packs and an API, recently launched in 2024, with tools to publish posts of users and retrieve their own posts. Meta extended fediverse support by adding featured users from other servers and launched Threads in the EU in December 2023.
- Threads is Meta’s Twitter rival and Meta has pulled over key features from rival Bluesky, such as making its own version of Starter Packs lists of people to follow based on different themes.
- Threads is available on iOS and Android in over 100 countries and it has no paid tiers nor ads, but your verification mark from Instagram is carried over — even if you have paid for Meta Verified.
- There are currently no long videos, direct messages, or live audio rooms on Threads so it is limited in comparison to Twitter.
- Threads allows you to pin search terms and tags as feeds but is missing features like scheduling posts, support for lists, and third-party clients.
- Meta data practices are similar to Instagram and the app collects whatever info (including the categories of data listed in the App Store) you share in the app, according to Meta’s deputy chief privacy officer.
- Threads API was launched publicly in June 2024 and it lets developers build tools to publish posts of users and retrieve users’ own posts and get insights about their engagement. They can’t yet help you delete your posts.
- Threads has previously not been available in the EU until December 2023 due to privacy concerns.
- As of November 2024, Threads has over 275 million monthly active users and has been steady ramping up its sign-ups since its initial launch as it crossed the mark of 10 million signups within hours of launch.
- Meta’s Threads app tech has extended its fediverse support by adding featured users from other servers and launched Threads in the EU in December 2023 with an option for users to route their traffic.
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Accelerating the Future: AI, Mixed Reality and the Metaverse
- Meta's mixed reality hardware and AI glasses have reached a new level of quality and accessibility, accelerating the development of the metaverse.
- Smart glasses offer a truly AI-native device and are the most suitable form factor for AI assistants, according to Meta's Chief Research Scientist Michael Abrash.
- Meta Quest 3 continues to improve with every update, and the recent launch of Quest 3S is expected to bring more people into mixed reality for the first time.
- Younger people are gravitating towards social and competitive multiplayer games, indicating a trend towards the growing importance of the social experience in the metaverse.
- Meta is funding developers to build new apps and games to attract new users and increase the quality of their immersive experiences.
- The use of mixed reality to watch videos while multitasking in their homes has grown fast across the whole Quest 3 family, revealing the potential for new kinds of social entertainment experiences in the metaverse.
- Meta plans to build Horizon OS into a new kind of general-purpose computing platform that can support any kind of software, user, creator, and developer.
- The next big step will be combining AI glasses with the kind of true augmented reality experience demonstrated by Orion, which offers a glimpse into the future.
- The most important thing when inventing the future is to ship things and learn from real people's use of them.
- 2025 is predicted to be the most important year in the history of Reality Labs because of the acceleration in development of the metaverse.
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