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I’m sorry for everything, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells families of children harmed by social media
1Feb By adminNo Comments
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I’m sorry for everything, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg tells families of children harmed by social media

[ad_1] On Wednesday, as many as 5 CEOs of the biggest social media and messaging companies attended the US Senate hearing on the impact of social media on children including X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, Discord CEO Jason Citron, and Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The hearing was conducted after lawmakers accused these companies of not protecting the children from the many dangers present on their social media platforms. During the hearing, a teary-eyed Zuckerberg made a direct public apology to the affected families present at the Senate hearing. Check what Meta CEO said in his apology. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's apologyAccording to a DWnews video post on Instagram, Zuckerberg, while apologising to the family said, “I'm sorry for everyt...
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Meta, X, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
1Feb By adminNo Comments
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Meta, X, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation

[ad_1] Sexual predators. Addictive features. Suicide and eating disorders. Unrealistic beauty standards. Bullying. These are just some of the issues young people are dealing with on social media — and children's advocates and lawmakers say companies are not doing enough to protect them.On Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies went before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify as lawmakers and parents grow increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on young people's lives. We are on WhatsApp Channels. Click to join.  The hearing began with recorded testimony from kids and parents who said they or their children were exploited on social media. Throughout the hours-long event, parents who lost children to suicide silently held up pictures ...
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Discord mobile app update adds dedicated tabs, improves functionalities; Know how to use them
6Dec By adminNo Comments
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Discord mobile app update adds dedicated tabs, improves functionalities; Know how to use them

[ad_1] Discord mobile app has received a major redesign which has already begun being rolled out to users starting yesterday, December 5. The popular messaging and social media app focused on the gaming community is getting major improvements for certain functionalities while others are getting an entire redesign. For the longest time, users had highlighted that the mobile app has a cluttered experience, with many features spread randomly, with no easy way to locate them or reach them quickly. Discord has now addressed the issue with this update. Let us take a closer look. “When we launched the Discord mobile app in 2015, our focus was on building great products for people who play games on PC, with mobile serving as a companion app for when you were away from your keyboard. Now, with m...
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Discord launches Shop for all users; to offer virtual accessories to customize profiles and avatars
30Nov By adminNo Comments
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Discord launches Shop for all users; to offer virtual accessories to customize profiles and avatars

[ad_1] Starting this week, Discord, a global voice, video, and text communications service, is opening Shop to all of its users worldwide to help make their Discord profile stand out with collections of Avatar Decorations and Profile Effects, and other virtual accessories. Any Discord user will be able to make purchases from the Shop on the desktop or web apps, with support for purchasing items on mobile coming in the works. Nitro members will get special member pricing on Shop purchases and an exclusive set only available for Nitro members to use with an active membership.What is in the ShopThe Shop is where users will find a wide array of items that help them level up their profile. Once users purchase something from the Shop, it is theirs to keep and use whenever they want, including...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Discord to shut down Clyde AI, Microsoft tweaks AI, more
17Nov By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Discord to shut down Clyde AI, Microsoft tweaks AI, more

[ad_1] The weekend is almost here but before you zone out, here are the most noteworthy developments from the artificial intelligence world. In the first incident, Discord, the popular social media platform is getting rid of its in-house experimental AI chatbot Clyde. It will no longer be available from December 1, 2023. In other news, Microsoft has made changes to its AI image generator tool after it created very close resembling images of Disney posters, along with its logo. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Discord is shutting down its AI chatbotDiscord is discontinuing Clyde, its experimental AI chatbot, by deactivating it at the end of the month, as per a note by the company. Users will no longer be able to invoke Clyde in direct messages, group message...
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Surprise! No more permanent ban on Discord; know how things have changed
20Oct By adminNo Comments
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Surprise! No more permanent ban on Discord; know how things have changed

[ad_1] The instant messaging and VoIP social media app Discord has now announced a new warning system that focuses on zero tolerance for people who violate their app's rules and protects teenage app users. Additionally, in the coming months, the app will be rolling out new features to the mobile app. As per reports, Discord's new warning system has been redesigned for improved transparency. Know about the upcoming changes in the Discord app.Discord's new warning system and teen safety featuresAccording to a report by The Verge, the app has removed the permanent ban system for people who violate their rules and now it will send such users a warning. These warnings will also come with some feature restrictions to let people know how they have gone against the rules. Also, as part of serio...
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Threads app first impressions: The good, the bad, and yes, there’s ugly too
7Jul By adminNo Comments
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Threads app first impressions: The good, the bad, and yes, there’s ugly too

[ad_1] It has been a long time since social media space has seen a revolution. Back in the late 90s, messengers used to be the popular hangout spots for early adopters of the internet. Yahoo! Messenger, MSN, and AOL dominated the scene and people would spend hours in chatrooms talking to others about their interests. Alongside, interest-based forums also rose in popularity where people would create discussion boards and talk about their shared hobbies such as gardening, wood-crafting, or book reading. But they were very one-dimensional and there wasn't much you could do.The first big revolution in social media space came with the launch of MySpace, Orkut, and Friendster in the early 2000s which allowed users to make profiles and interact at both individual as well as group levels. So, y...
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Discord Adds OpenAI Functions to Offerings From Chat to Moderation
10Mar By adminNo Comments
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Discord Adds OpenAI Functions to Offerings From Chat to Moderation

[ad_1] Discord Inc. announced a bevy of plans on Thursday to expand artificial intelligence offerings on the popular chat platform, including incorporating OpenAI's technology into functions such as its chatbot and moderation systems. Once considered a niche gaming voice-chat app, Discord has grown to become a hub for all sorts of conversations via text, audio and video and now counts more than 150 million users across 19 million servers, or groups organized by interest. Millions of people already use AI apps on Discord every month, according to the company, creating content from gaming assets to collectively writing a novel, and about 10% of new users join the platform to participate in its various AI communities. The Discord server for AI text-to-image generation, Midjourney, is t...
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Discord Is Offering Creators Ways to Make Money Through Subscriptions
2Dec By adminNo Comments
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Discord Is Offering Creators Ways to Make Money Through Subscriptions

[ad_1] Popular gaming chat app Discord announced Thursday it will help creators earn money on the platform through tiered subscription plans. Popular gaming chat app Discord announced Thursday it will help creators earn money on the platform through tiered subscription plans. US-based creators or Discord server operators, who sometimes have hundreds of thousands of members, can now charge users $3 to $200 a month, keeping 90% of money they earn, for premium features and benefits, the company said in a blog post. “Whether it's a Discord server dedicated to the work of a certain content creator or a community that gathers around a particular topic, these server owners take their time to facilitate conversation, connection, and creativity in their environments,” said Derek Yang, Dis...
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