Meta’s going to put AI-generated images in your Facebook and Instagram feeds

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If you think avoiding AI-generated images is difficult as it is, Facebook and Instagram are now going to put them directly into your feeds. At the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, the company announced that it’s testing a new feature that creates AI-generated content for you “based on your interests or current trends” — including some that incorporate your face.

When you come across an “Imagined for You” image in your feed, you’ll see options to share the...

Meta’s AI can now talk to you in the voices of Awkwafina, John Cena, and Judi Dench

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Meta is adding conversational voices by celebrities to its AI chatbot in Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook.

The company announced at its Connect event today that you can now talk to Meta AI and hear it respond in one of several voices, including celebrity soundalikes such as Awkwafina, John Cena, Keegan-Michael Key, Kristen Bell, and the only one I truly care about: Dame Judi Dench.

VR artists can now buy Logitech’s pen-shaped Meta Quest controller

The MX Ink is available to buy now following its announcement back in June. | Image: Logitech

Logitech has released a pen-shaped Meta Quest controller that makes it easier to draw, sculpt, and manipulate objects in mixed reality environments. After initially being announced back in June, the $129.99 Logitech MX Ink stylus is available to buy starting today and can be paired with the Meta Quest 3S, Quest 3, and Quest 2 headsets via the Meta Quest app.

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Meta’s Ray-Bans will now ‘remember’ things for you

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Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses are already one of the best cracks at AI hardware to date. Now, Meta is pushing out a series of software updates, along with a new translucent Ray-Ban style, that bring the smart glasses closer to actually feeling smart.

The company announced several updates to the Ray-Ban Meta glasses at its Connect conference on Wednesday, introducing new features like “Reminders,” which has the glasses take a photo of what...

Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses

Orion is an impressive demo of AR glasses, but can Mark Zuckerberg beat everyone else to the next big platform?

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Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks AR glasses will replace your phone

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Meta’s CEO on his first pair of AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, why he’s done with politics, and more.

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Everything announced at Meta Connect 2024

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Meta has a bunch of new hardware and AI news coming out of its Meta Connect event today, including a new Quest 3S VR headset, an expansion of Meta AI features, a new Llama model, and a first look at the new Orion augmented reality glasses. CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage on Wednesday with a new style and demonstrated new features including live translation between English and Spanish.

Here’s everything announced at Meta Connect:

Meta is working on recreating influencers with AI

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Meta has big ambitions for using AI to help creators, and it showed two impressive demos of what that could look like onstage at Connect today.

One version of this involves fully recreating real influencers as AI figures. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presented a live demo of a creator-based AI persona, which looked like the creator, talked like the creator, and tried to respond to questions like the creator would. It was pretty wild to watch.

Mark Zuckerberg: publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there are complex copyright questions around scraping data to train AI models, but he suggests the individual work of most creators isn’t valuable enough for it to matter. In an interview with The Verge deputy editor Alex Heath, Zuckerberg said Meta will likely strike “certain partnerships” for useful content. But if others demand payment, then — as it’s done with news outlets — the company would...

Biden, on ‘The View,’ Calls Trump a ‘Loser’ Who Lacks ‘Redeeming Value’

President Biden became the first sitting president to appear live on “The View.” He said he was “at peace” with his decision not to run again.

Israeli Bulldozers Flatten Mile After Mile in the West Bank

Videos from Tulkarm and Jenin show bulldozers destroying infrastructure and businesses, as well as soldiers impeding local emergency responders.

After ExxonMobil, can you trust companies’ plastic recycling labels?

Many critics argue that consumers may see the recycling symbol and assume that a product is recyclable.

Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018, the most recent year for which national data is available. The rest was burned in waste-to-energy plants or buried in landfills.

FAA chief urges SpaceX to comply with safety standards after Musk criticizes fine

‘They launched without a permit,’ Whitaker said, referring to SpaceX launches in June and July of last year in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Elon Musk‘s SpaceX must operate at the “highest level of safety,” the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday as he defended a proposed $633,000 fine against the company for violating the agency’s rules ahead of two launches in 2023.

Here's Where You'll Recognize The Cast Of "The Penguin" From

I thought her face looked familiar (and I'm in love).

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Meta's $300 Quest 3S Headset Significantly Lowers VR's Buy-In Price

The Meta Quest 3S has nearly all the same capabilities as the Meta Quest 3, but costs $200 less. It ships in October.

Meta Releases Llama 3.2—and Gives Its AI a Voice

Meta’s AI assistants can now talk and see the world. The company is also releasing the multimodal Llama 3.2, a free model with visual skills.

Meta Teaches Its Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Some New AI Tricks

The on-board Meta AI agent can now set a reminder to buy whatever the camera is pointed at, among other enhancements.

Sun guard Carrington wins Most Improved Player

Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington won the WNBA's Most Improved Player award, the league announced Wednesday.

Quinn wants Daniels free from 'ghosts' of QBs past

Commanders QB Jayden Daniels was hailed as "the answer" after a near-perfect performance on "Monday Night Football." But coach Dan Quinn made clear Tuesday he doesn't want the rookie "feeling any ghosts" of the organization's past at the position.

Sources: Yankees' Cortes to have MRI on elbow

Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes will undergo an MRI on his elbow, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.