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Most Americans are wary of social media companies and their role in politics and the future of the country, according to a new survey of U.S. adults. The Pew Research Center has published findings from a study looking at social media’s impact on politics and the country, political censorship and bias, and the government regulation of technology companies. Since 2020, more Americans now believe social media companies wield too much political power, with Democrats heavily falling into the ‘too much’ category. “Roughly eight-in-ten Americans (78%) say these companies have too much power and influence in politics today,” according to the su...... Read Full article on HadNews

UK technology firms have been told to ‘tame toxic algorithms’ and implement practical steps for children’s safety online. This all comes under Ofcom’s new measures titled ‘Children’s Safety Codes of Practice,’ which must be followed by social media sites, apps, and search engines. Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for broadcasting, telecommunications, and postal industries within the United Kingdom. One of the first elements listed is age checks, with “much greater use of highly-effective age-assurance” needed. Anything that promotes suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, or pornography is classed as ...... Read Full article on HadNews

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk has predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) will be smarter than any human by the end of next year. It’s no secret that AI has been growing and improving at a rapid rate over the last few years and especially in recent months with growing fears surfacing around its potential to take human jobs. But the march of progress does not stop and new AI tools are appearing all the time, bringing with them new possibilities and greater accessibility to the technology. Elon Musk has long since been a proponent of AI. Indeed, just recently the CEO raised AI workers’ salaries to keep Tesla in the race. Now, speak...... Read Full article on HadNews

Meta has decided to experiment with a bonus payment initiative for creators who provide engaging content on Threads, its rival app to Elon Musk’s X. An invite-only program will contact eligible users with a pop-up notification with Instagram’s help centre detailing further information on how this venture will work. Creators may be able to earn a cash reward  “based on the performance of your Threads posts and based on the number of posts you create. For example, you may need to create a certain amount of posts to earn a bonus amount per post.” The site also outlined how Threads posts with “less than 2,500 eligible views” will not quali...... Read Full article on HadNews

Elon Musk has hinted at a possible partnership between X and the popular artificial intelligence (AI) image generator Midjourney, to transform the user experience on the social media platform. The billionaire Tesla CEO was involved in an X Spaces conversation hosted by @mysteriouskat when he responded to a question posed to him by another user, @MishaFitton, with the audio available below. “I’m wondering if you, and X overall, have thought about developing features within for generative AI, image and video creation, or possibly partnership with Midjourney to make it easier for artists and creators to leverage AI to enhance their conten...... Read Full article on HadNews

Elon Musk’s X continues its battle with legacy media and traditional websites with its launch of long form articles, which vastly expands the possibilities open to writers on the platform. Announced in a post on X yesterday (March 7), the feature expands the previous character limit from 25,000 by around four times, up to 100,000 characters. It also allows for media embedding, including images, videos, and of course, X posts. However, currently, the editor is basic. While it can do basic text formatting like bold, italic, strikethrough, and bullet point and numbered lists, it lacks a markdown reader and can’t handle code blocks, someth...... Read Full article on HadNews

Threads is introducing a new feature to allow users to store posts for later access in a move that brings it in line with other platforms. The Meta-owned social media network is rolling out Save on Threads, a similar function to bookmarking posts on Instagram, as well as rival platform X. Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has been a prominent voice on Threads through its formative stage and with his close involvement in developing the app, he confirmed yesterday the new feature would “broadly” be available immediately. If you want to check if you can use it yet, you will be able to store content by tapping on the three-dot menu in the top-r...... Read Full article on HadNews

Elon Musk has been ordered to answer to a federal judge concerning his takeover of Twitter in an ongoing US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into his $44 billion takeover of the social media platform. In a follow-up to a preliminary ruling in December 2023, the SEC and the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX now have seven days to agree on a date for him to testify, otherwise, it will be decided for them. As reported by Reuters, Musk previously refused to attend an interview in September as part of the overall probe of his acquisition of Twitter, which he later rebranded as X. US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler sided wit...... Read Full article on HadNews