Meta Launches Muse Image, Its First In-House AI Image Generator, as Competition in Visual AI Intensifies
Meta has begun rolling out Muse Image, the first image-generation system built entirely by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the research division…
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Essential Meta Safety Tools Every Parent and Teen Should Know
As teens spend more time online connecting, creating, and exploring their interests, safety needs to be built into their digital…
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WhatsApp is Letting You Reserve Your Username
If you’ve ever hesitated before giving your phone number to a new acquaintance — a classmate, a neighbor, someone you…
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Meta Platforms Helped Expand Customer Reach for 81% of Nigerian Businesses, Study Finds
Virtually all Nigerian businesses surveyed say Meta’s platforms have expanded their customer reach, according to new independent research that finds…
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Meta Strengthens Teen Safety with New AI-Powered Age Assurance Tools
Meta has announced new advancements in its age assurance technology as part of its ongoing efforts to create safer, age-appropriate…
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Meta Deploys AI Tools for User Support and Content Enforcement Across Its Platforms
Meta has begun rolling out a suite of AI-powered tools across Facebook and Instagram, targeting two longstanding pain points for…
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Facebook Tightens the Rules on Originality, and African Creators Need to Pay Attention
Meta has moved to formalize how Facebook decides which content gets seen — and which gets buried. The company announced…
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Meta Deploys Advanced AI and Cross-Border Enforcement Against Platform Scammers
Meta Platforms has rolled out a suite of anti-fraud technologies across its Facebook, Messenger, and WhatsApp applications, combining artificial intelligence…
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Meta Shares Online Safety Tips to Help Older Adults Avoid Scams
Meta, as part of its ongoing global anti-scam awareness campaign, has shared the latest trends in scams targeting older adults,…
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Meta and Data Science Africa Reveal Winners of Llama Impact Grant in Sub-Saharan Africa
Meta, in partnership with Data Science Africa, today announced the winners of the Llama Impact Grant for Startups and Researchers,…
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Meta Unveils Llama 3.1 Impact Grants to Empower AI-Driven Organisations Across Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey
Meta is excited to announce the launch of the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants, continuing its commitment to supporting innovative use cases…
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Facebook hosts creators workshop in Lagos
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, Facebook hosted its first-ever creator workshop in Lagos, Nigeria. The event brought together over 20…
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Instagram user-generated AI chatbots are being tested by Meta.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, declared on Thursday that the firm will start showcasing AI avatars created by creators…
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Meet Your New Assistant: Meta AI Expands to More Countries in Africa and Adds New Features
Meta today announced the launch of Meta AI in seven countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, built with Llama 3 – a…
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Meta Rolls Out Fresh Updates to Help Teens Fight Sextortion
Meta is launching a few new upgrades and initiatives to help kids on its platforms prevent sextortion, the firm stated…
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Meta Announces New Safety Tools for Kenyan Families
Meta just opened a Family Center with Supervision Tools and an Education Hub in Kenya to help families have safer…
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Meta is Working on a New AI System Similar to the Most Advanced OpenAI Model
According to persons familiar with the situation, the Wall Street Journal revealed on Sunday that Meta Platforms is developing a…
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Meta Announces SeamlessM4T AI Model to Translate Languages in Real-Time
Tuesday saw the introduction by Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms of an AI model that can translate and transcribe speech…
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Meta to Launch a Threads Web Version This Week
The Wall Street Journal says that Meta will unveil the web version of Threads, its rival to X (formerly known…
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Meta Releases 3 New Features for Threads This Week
The social media competitor to Elon Musk’s X (previously Twitter), Threads, is having trouble keeping the users it attracted right…
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Meta Introduces Open-Source AI Tool AudioCraft to Create Music and Audio
On Wednesday, Meta Platforms unveiled AudioCraft, an open-source AI application that enables users to produce music and audio based on…
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Over 30 million users have signed up to Meta’s Threads according to Zuckerberg
According to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, 30 million people have already downloaded the company’s brand-new Threads app. He marketed…
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Meta Now Allows Secure Chat Transfer Using QR Code on WhatsApp Between Devices
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, unveiled a new function for WhatsApp, the platform’s instant messaging application, on Friday. The…
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Meta is Building a Decentralized Social App
Meta will attempt to join any social media trend that starts to gain traction. After observing the success of other…
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Meta Introduces 3 Features to Facebook Reels
Today, Meta revealed that it will support Facebook Reels up to 90 seconds long and would also be introducing some…
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Meta’s Biggest African Content Moderator Partner Ends Contract
Sama, the primary subcontractor for content moderation for Meta in Africa, declared earlier on Tuesday that its hub in Kenya…
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Meta Releases Sub-Saharan Africa ‘2022 Year In Review’
Today, Meta announced its “2022 Africa Year in Review,” which highlights some of the company’s activities and investments in Sub-Saharan…
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Meta Plans to Commence Large-scale Layoffs This Week are Underway
According to a recent Wall Street Journal story, Meta, the parent corporation that owns Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, is anticipated…
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Meta Unveils Digital Training for NGOs Across West Africa
The Non-profit Training Initiative, a digital capacity-building program for 1,500 non-profit professionals across Anglophone West Africa, has been officially launched…
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Kendi Ntwiga, Former Microsoft Kenya Country Director Joins Meta as the Global Head of Misrepresentation
Kendi Ntwiga has been named Global Head of Misrepresentation of Meta owners of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp after her departure…
