Altered video of President Biden doesn't violate Meta's policy on manipulated media and can remain on Facebook because it didn't involve the use of artificial intelligence, the board overseeing content moderation said Monday.
Why it matters: The board did so while at the same time criticizing Meta's manipulated media policy as "incoherent, lacking in persuasive justification" and recommending revisions.
The State Department will start restricting visas Monday for people who are believed to be linked to misuses of commercial spyware.
Why it matters: The move marks an escalation in the Biden administration's effort to curtail abuses of commercial spyware, including cases where spyware is used to target journalists, political dissidents, members of marginalized communities and family members of people in these groups.
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. will lay off 10% of its full-time staff, or roughly 530 employees, the tech firm said Monday in a regulatory filing.
Why it matters: Unlike other ad-supported tech firms, such as Meta and Google, Snap's stock has not been able to recover from post-pandemic era losses, when the ad market slowed down.
Satya Nadella just passed the decade mark as Microsoft's CEO, leading it past Apple to become the world's most valuable company.
Why it matters: He's sidestepped most of the controversies that have dogged his Big Tech peers, while leaning hard into tech megatrends like cloud, gaming, and AI.
IBM — not Microsoft, Google or OpenAI — tops the list of firms with the most AI-related U.S. patent applications over the last five years, according to research shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: While patents are just one indicator of research intensity, the increase in the total volume of AI-related patent applications indicates strong interest, especially among large tech companies — and IBM's lead could show that its AI push is more than just marketing.
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