Meta's AI chatbots are creepy AF

Well, the new Meta chatbots are here ... and people have a lot to say about it (including me 😬). 

While the news has been a bit quiet this week, the news that happened was a wild one (hello, Elon Musk and anything to do with X FKA Twitter). Are you ready to digest? Because you might need a minute (or ten). 

Grab your drink and let's dive in!

Well, it seems like Meta’s AI celebrities aren’t quite what people were expecting. It’s kind of … creepy? And feels very much like we’re in another episode of Black Mirror.

Meta announced last month that it will now offer chatbots that mimic celebrities. However, the celebrities won’t be themselves, but someone else who only looks like them.

Confused yet? Same.

Snoop Dogg has become a Dungeons and Dragons Master. Kendall Jenner is now “Billie,” your fellow fighter to the death. And there are many more that also … don’t quite make sense.

If Meta thought the AI chatbots were going to be something everyone was going to love, they seriously misjudged how slightly (VERY!) creepy the chatbots are. Especially as no one can tell if the videos are actually of the celebrities, or if AI created the videos.

It seems that Meta paid five million dollars for something that no one really likes … or wants. 😬

• Instagram is adding new stickers into the app … including one for “app” and a “secret sticker.” 👀
  
  

• X is working on a feature to hide engagement buttons on the app. Why? For the aesthetics, duh.
  
  

• This is big—TikTok is now allowing direct posting from third-party apps.
  
  

• Another blow to TikTok—Utah sues the app for getting children addicted to its algorithm.
  
  

• Seems like the TikTok ban in the US is being called into question.
  
  

• The thing you don’t really care about on an app you don’t really care about! DMs are coming to Threads.
  
  

• You’ll never forget to add captions again! TikTok is adding captions to all videos posted by default.

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Meta keeps working on making Threads a cool app, and after this week, could it finally be happening?

With X seemingly going down the toilet (yikes…), Threads had its highest downloads last week since it was originally released. And now it is releasing more features to keep its users happy.

One of the most requested features has officially rolled out this week—you can finally edit your Thread!

However, there is a time limit similar to X. Once you send a Thread out into the world, you have exactly five minutes to edit and then times up.

It seems Threads has the same concern as X where you can edit a post and completely change the meaning behind the Thread. To combat that from happening, a time limit and an icon to indicate the Thread has been edited will be how users can identify if something has been changed.

Other key features being released inside Threads are “Voice Threads,” which is just what it sounds like … voice notes as a Thread. Along with in-stream GIFs, polls, and the one we’re most excited about, Trending Topics.

Will the new push away from X end up helping Threads in the long run? Or will people be heading towards other platforms like Artifact or Bluesky? 🤔

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It seems like X is trying its hardest to get new ads into the platform, if its new ad format is any indication.

The new ads don’t allow users to like, retweet, comment, block, or report. And honestly? There’s no actual disclosure that the ad is, in fact, an ad.

Um, isn’t that … against the internet laws? 😬

The new ads being served have caused quite a stir on X — and have even inspired some great memes across the platform.

If this is the state of ads on the platform, where people can’t even engage with the content, it does seem quite telling that X is massively struggling when it comes to getting advertisers to buy.

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