jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Wow I know #Meta et.al. do some creepy stuff to find out about us. (Google "shadow profiles" if you doubt). But their Instagram app just did something truly weird. It just recommended to me a person who was a childhood friend OVER 50 YEARS AGO. I haven't lived there in 51 years. He no longer lives there either. He currently lives 5 hours by car away from me in a different state. We have had no contact since we were kids. We have NO friends in common. We have no common interests that I can see from his Instagram or Facebook. (In fact, based on some media accounts he follows I doubt we would be super friendly as adults). I literally only knew him because he lived like 8 houses away when I was a child and we went to the same neighborhood church. We just played with Tonka trucks and G.I. Joes together. Kind of dumbfounded at this. Is Meta buying former residence locations from data brokers and matching up people who lived in the same neighborhood as kids? A bit of a reach and really demonstrates how creepy their surveillance infrastructure is. #SurveillanceCapitalism
good job #Meta, this is what #Facebook #Messenger is reading for every chat in my conversationsX.2bh@a8533f8f, SimpleTextThreadSnippet(text=The video call ended.)
Very informative…
#Accessibility @main @mastoblind
Arint KI Morgen-Briefing | 12.04.2026
undefined | Stocks gain on Iran ceasefire, plus 3 more things that drove last week's market
The S&P 500 posted its strongest week since November after the United States and Iran agreed to a temporary cease‑fire, sparking a broad market rally. The Dow recorded its best day since April 2025 and the Nasdaq jumped 2.8% on Wednesday, while the S&P 500 rose 2.5% that same day and closed the week up 3.6%. Jim Cramer called it a “barn burner” and stressed the importance of diversification, noting that avoiding war‑hit energy stocks would have meant missing gains in economically sensitive names like Home Depot, which climbed 5.5% on Wednesday and was up 4.8% for the week.
Inflation data also weighed on the market narrative. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.9% in March, putting the year‑over‑year rate at 3.3%—right on analysts’ forecasts—and was driven by a 10.9% surge in energy costs. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, came in better than feared, suggesting underlying price pressures remain modest. Nevertheless, the cease‑fire remains fragile, and upcoming peace talks in Pakistan this weekend are a wildcard that Cramer believes “isn’t being factored in enough.”
Sector dynamics highlighted a stark hardware‑versus‑software divide. Semiconductor and AI‑infrastructure firms surged, with Marvell Technology and Intel up about 20% and 23% respectively, and Corning, a maker of optical fibers, gaining 15.7%. In contrast, software stocks fell sharply: Salesforce dropped nearly 12% for the week, Adobe shed 7.2%, and the IGV software ETF fell roughly 7%, dragging down peers like CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks. Adding a bright spot, Meta unveiled its new AI model “Muse Spark,” sending the stock up 9.6% for the week and bolstering confidence in its AI spending plans.
Arint KI Morgen-Briefing | 12.04.2026
#KI #Mit #Meta #News #China #Google #Openai #Anthropic #arint_info
Times of India | Meta's most-popular former employee and father of AI Yann LeCun calls Anthropic's latest model that has everyone scared, as 'Drama'
Yann LeCun, Meta's former chief AI scientist and deep learning pioneer, has dismissed the panic around Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview as "BS from self-delusion." While the model's reported ability to find vulnerabilities in every major operating system and browser spooked Wall Street and triggered an emergency Fed meeting, LeCun and other AI researchers argue the threat is overhyped—though cybersecurity firms using Mythos disagree.
BIG update for Instagram users! Meta is testing Instagram Plus, and it’s packed with features we’ve never seen before!
Imagine:
- Viewing stories anonymously
- Seeing who rewatched your clips
- Spotlighting stories to the front of the tray
The era of the "Super User" has arrived. Check out what’s coming! https://www.papertopost.com/instagram-plus-new-paid-features-meta-is-testing-in-2026/?utm_source=techhubsocial&utm_medium=social
#tech #bigtech #instagram #meta #instagramplus #subscription
Arint KI Morgen-Briefing | 11.04.2026
#KI #Meta #News #China #Google #Openai #Anthropic #arint_info #Open_Source
RT @DaveShapi: OpenAI ist am Ende, aber Anthropic ist erledigt. Ich bin froh, dass wir xAI, Meta und Google im Ring haben. Diese anderen Akteure müssen jedoch noch nachlegen. Wir brauchen so viele lebensfähige Wettbewerber wie möglich. Peter Steinberger 🦞 (@steipete) Ja Leute, es wird in Zukunft schwieriger werden, sicherzustellen, dass OpenClaw weiterhin mit Anthropic-Modellen funktioniert. — https://nitter.net/steipete/status/2042615534567457102#m
undefined | Meta pulls Facebook ads recruiting for social media addiction lawsuits
Meta has taken down advertisements from law firms that were recruiting potential plaintiffs for social‑media‑addiction lawsuits on its platforms. The company said it would not allow trial lawyers to profit from Facebook, Instagram, Threads or its Audience Network while simultaneously claiming those services are harmful. Attorneys from firms such as Morgan & Morgan criticized the move, arguing that removing the ads does not eliminate the underlying harms and only makes it harder for victims to find legal recourse.
The action follows two high‑profile cases in the United States. In March 2026, a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $375 million for misleading users about the safety of its platforms for children, finding the company liable for exposing minors to explicit material and sexual predators. Earlier, a California jury awarded $6 million to a woman who claimed a childhood addiction to social media, assigning 70 % of the liability to Meta and 30 % to Google; Snap and TikTok settled out of court. Both verdicts are being appealed by Meta, which says the decisions are incorrect.
While Meta’s advertising standards give it the right to remove content that “negatively affect[s] our relationship with our users,” critics argue the resources devoted to blocking the ads would be better spent on functional tools that reduce problematic use and protect users under 13. As of the latest check, a few of the deleted ads still appear in Meta’s Ad Library, illustrating the ongoing tension between platform policy, legal accountability, and user safety.
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Das kam heute im #HR - Alternativen zu #Meta und #Google
Bei Minute 13:49 gehts los!
#did #dutgemacht #signal #whatsapp #hessischerrundfunk #hessen #alternative #messenger
The slopification of the world continues…
#tech #technology #BigTech #IT #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #LLM #LLMs #ML #MachineLearning #GenAI #generativeAI #AIAgent #AISlop #FuckAI #Fuck_AI #enshittification #microslop #microsoft #copilot #meta #google #NVIDIA #gemini #OpenAI #ChatGPT #anthropic #claude
Futurism: First AI Model From Zuckerberg’s Wildly Expensive Superintelligence Lab Flops Compared to Virtually All Rivals https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/first-model-zuckerberg-superintelligence-labs-flops @Futurism #Meta #LLM
🇮🇱🤜🇺🇦🇩🇪🍒 Israelin poliisi on paljastanut jälleen yhden ukrainalais-israelilaisen ihmiskaupparingin, joka salakuljetti ukrainalaisia naisia Israeliin prostituoiduiksi. #meta #nationalismi #Israel
Meta Stops Running Law Firm Ads Seeking Plaintiffs for Social Media Addiction Cases
📰 Original title: Meta Removes Ads For Social Media Addiction Litigation
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/meta-stops-running-law-firm-ads-seeking-plaintiffs-for-social-media-addiction-cases/?redirpost=cbab1691-da3b-4142-b5d6-3b2c5d39c1da
undefined | Facebook, WhatsApp should remove accounts that defraud users, Manhattan DA says
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has publicly rebuked Meta for allowing fake Facebook and WhatsApp accounts to operate on its platforms, accusing the company of facilitating scams that have cost victims tens of thousands of dollars. Bragg’s criticism follows recent legal actions that held Meta liable for failing to police its sites—most notably a $375 million civil judgment in New Mexico over child‑predator negligence and a Los Angeles jury verdict that found Meta and Google responsible for a woman’s social‑media addiction.
According to Bragg, the scams typically involve impersonators creating accounts that masquerade as reputable organizations such as Catholic Charities or immigration‑law firms. These impostor profiles solicit money by offering “pro‑bono” legal services, often targeting immigrant communities that are especially vulnerable. Complaints to the DA’s office now average at least one per month, and chapters of Catholic Charities in cities like Trenton, Houston and Baltimore have already posted warnings on their own Facebook pages. In a letter to Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, Bragg demanded that the company allow law‑enforcement reporting of false profiles, suspend suspect accounts, and verify that users claiming to represent legal‑service organizations are indeed authorized to do so.
Meta responded that it prohibits users from misrepresenting their identity and is continuously updating detection and enforcement tools, including new technology and partnerships with experts, to keep scammers off its services. Bragg urged users to exercise caution when seeking legal help online, noting that a lawyer who only offers virtual meetings without a physical business address should be treated as a red flag, and that any request for money—even from a seemingly charitable nonprofit—warrants skepticism.
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Meta wycofuje z Facebooka i Instagrama reklamy dotyczące pozwów zbiorowych za szkodliwe działanie algorytmów. To reakcja na ostatnie niepowodzenia prawne spółki, z historycznym wyrokiem w Los Angeles na czele (Reuters).
#meta #facebook #instagram #polska
Arint KI Morgen-Briefing | 10.04.2026
#KI #Mit #Meta #News #Openai #Anthropic #arint_info #Open_Source
#Meta lansează Muse Spark.
E un nou model de 🧠#inteligențăArtificială cu care încearcă să concureze cu tehnologii dezvoltate de 🧠#OpenAI, 🔎#Google și Anthropic.
Meta's AI App Rises to No. 5 on the App Store Following Muse Spark Launch
📰 Original title: Meta AI app climbs to No. 5 on the App Store after Muse Spark launch
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/metas-ai-app-rises-to-no-5-on-the-app-store-following-muse-spark-launch/?redirpost=0bbd5a1f-aa00-46ac-b7d7-a0b23059aa83
yahoo news | Meta releases first new AI model since shaking up team
Meta announced the launch of its newest artificial‑intelligence model, **Muse Spark**, claiming it is both smarter and faster than its predecessor, Llama 4. Developed over the past nine months by Meta’s newly formed Superintelligence Labs, Muse Spark is a small, high‑speed model built to reason through complex queries in areas such as science, mathematics, and health. The company says the model will power a range of Meta products—including the AI‑driven features of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and upcoming smart‑glass devices—and is currently available only in the United States. This release marks the first entry in a planned “Muse” series, with a next‑generation version already under development.
The debut of Muse Spark follows a period of intense competition in the global AI race, during which Meta’s earlier Llama 4 fell behind rapid advancements from rivals in China, France, and the United States. In response, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg overhauled the company’s AI organization, prompting the departure of long‑time research lead Yann LeCun after a 12‑year tenure. Zuckerberg then launched an aggressive recruitment drive, bringing in talent such as Scale AI co‑founder Alexandr Wang to lead Superintelligence Labs and hiring senior engineers from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google—often at high cost and sometimes directly by the CEO.
The strategic shift reflects Meta’s new focus on “personal superintelligence,” an AI that not only answers questions but truly understands each user’s life context. By moving away from the previously emphasized open‑access model approach exemplified by Llama, Meta aims to embed its AI more deeply into the relationships and everyday interactions that define its platforms, positioning the technology as a core part of users’ digital experiences.
Read more: https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/meta-ai/articles/meta-releases-first-ai-model-205619568.html
#meta #musespark #llama4 #superintelligencelabs #markzuckerberg
yahoo news | Meta unveils Muse Spark, its first AI model since hiring Alexandr Wang and a bel...
Meta unveiled **Muse Spark**, its first AI model from the newly created Meta Superintelligence Labs, positioning the company back into the generative‑AI race after the poorly received Llama 4. According to Meta‑published benchmarks, Muse Spark holds its own against leading models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google on many tasks, though it does not dominate every category. The launch follows a major reorganization that saw a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI, the hiring of Alexandr Wang as chief AI officer, and a sizeable talent‑acquisition push aimed at accelerating Meta’s multibillion‑dollar AI push.
Muse Spark is a **reasoning‑capable, multimodal model** that can ingest and generate both text and images, and it can orchestrate sub‑agents to tackle complex problems step‑by‑step. For now the model is tightly integrated into Meta’s own ecosystem—powering the Meta AI app, meta.ai, and slated for rollout to WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Ray‑Ban AI glasses—while a limited “private preview” API will be offered to select partners. Meta frames the model as “small and fast by design,” a testbed for an architecture it intends to scale to larger, more powerful successors, and hints that future versions may be open‑sourced.
Benchmark results show Muse Spark is **competitive but not yet superior**: it scored 89.5 % on the GPQA Diamond PhD‑level reasoning test (behind Gemini 3.1 Pro and Anthropic/OpenAI rivals) but led on the HealthBench Hard health benchmark with 42.8 %. Meta acknowledges gaps in long‑horizon agentic systems and coding workflows, and stresses ongoing safety work—its model refused 98 % of bioweapon‑related requests and displayed high “evaluation awareness,” though third‑party auditors deem this a non‑blocking concern. The release reflects Meta’s broader strategy of rebuilding its AI stack, reducing compute needs, and establishing a “scaling ladder” where each generation validates the next, all under the dual leadership of Wang’s Superintelligence Labs and Maher Saba’s applied AI engineering unit.
#meta #musespark #alexandr-wang #metasuperintelligencelabs #scaleai
#Meta a lansat un nou model AI, numit Muse Spark, care va înlocui vechiul sistem Llama ce fusese integrat pe platformele de socializare ale de la compania. Deși nu sunt disponibile multe detalii, experții spun că poate înțelege limbajul și imaginea, dar nu și raționamentul abstract.
Times of India | Meta releases first-ever AI model from one of its highest-paid teams, after spending billions; calls it first step on path to personal...
Meta has launched Muse Spark, its first AI model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, aiming to catch up with competitors. This natively multimodal reasoning model powers the Meta AI assistant and is designed for complex reasoning and everyday tasks. While initially smaller and faster, Meta plans further generations to enhance its capabilities.
bing news | Meta's New AI Model Gives Mark Zuckerberg a Seat at the Big Kid's Table
Meta unveiled its first major AI model since the company’s 2025‑2026 AI reboot, naming it **Muse Spark**. Presented as a step toward Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of “personal superintelligence,” the closed‑source model is being offered through meta.ai and the Meta AI app, though it will not be downloadable like earlier Llama releases. Zuckerberg highlighted that Muse Spark is designed to act as an “agent” that does tasks for users, aiming to spur creativity, entrepreneurship, growth, and health improvements.
According to Meta’s self‑reported benchmarks, Muse Spark outperforms several contemporary models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI on a range of tasks, scoring 52 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and landing in the top five models tested by the firm. The model is natively multimodal—supporting text, images, audio, and video—and boasts advanced reasoning and strong coding abilities. A standout feature is its enhanced medical‑advice capability, built with input from over 1,000 physicians to deliver more factual and comprehensive health responses.
The release follows an aggressive overhaul of Meta’s AI division, including hiring top talent with hefty compensation packages and investing billions in AI startups such as Scale, whose CEO Alexandr Wang now leads the effort. Meta also published an “Advanced AI Scaling Framework” outlining safety checks for future, more powerful models, signaling the company’s intent to continue pushing the frontier of AI while addressing safety as it scales toward superhuman performance.
Read more: https://www.wired.com/story/muse-spark-meta-open-source-closed-source/
yahoo news | Mark Zuckerberg Spent $14 Billion on an AI Team and This Is What They Made
Meta unveiled the first model from its newly‑formed superintelligence team—a system dubbed **Muse Spark**. Built on an internal family of models called “Avocado,” Muse Spark is a small, fast model capable of reasoning across science, math, and health queries. For now it will be accessible through the Meta AI app and is slated to replace the Llama models that currently power chatbots on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Meta’s emerging smart‑glass platforms.
The launch comes after Meta spent **$14.3 billion** to bring Scale AI founder Alex Wang on board and offered engineers compensation packages worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The massive investment was aimed at creating machines that can outthink humans, and the company has faced intense pressure to demonstrate tangible results from that spending.
Muse Spark delivers a “Contemplating” mode that runs multiple AI agents in parallel, positioning it as Meta’s answer to Google’s Gemini Deep Think and OpenAI’s GPT Pro extended‑reasoning features. It can analyze a photo of a meal to estimate calories, overlay objects onto images, and more. By embedding genuine intelligence into the daily actions of Meta’s 3.5 billion users, the company hopes to secure a scale advantage that could rival—or even surpass—the capabilities of OpenAI and Google.
Read more: https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/meta-ai/articles/mark-zuckerberg-spent-14-billion-164542223.html
bing news | Mark Zuckerberg announces Muse Spark, the first AI model from Meta Superintelligence Labs
Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday that Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs has reached its first major milestone with the launch of Muse Spark, the debut model in a new family of AI systems called Muse. According to a Facebook post, Muse Spark now powers an updated version of Meta AI, which users can access at meta.ai or through the Meta AI app. The model is geared toward everyday personal tasks such as visual understanding, health advice, shopping assistance, and handling social‑media content, and Zuckerberg framed it as “the first step on our scaling ladder” and the initial product of a ground‑up overhaul of Meta’s AI efforts. He also hinted that future AI will move beyond answering questions to become “agents that do things for you.”
The Muse launch marks the public debut of work that began nine months ago after Zuckerberg’s July 2025 manifesto promised a “personal superintelligence” that helps individuals pursue their own goals rather than serving a centralized authority. To build the lab, Meta launched an aggressive hiring spree that attracted more than 50 researchers from rivals such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, and brought in former Scale AI chief Alexandr Wang to lead the new research group. After an initial hiring boom, the team was restructured into four smaller units focused on research, superintelligence development, products, and infrastructure—a move Zuckerberg said was intended to keep teams compact enough to retain a full picture of the work. Meta has poured massive resources into the effort, allocating $72 billion to AI development in 2025 and projecting up to $135 billion for 2026.
Meta released Muse Spark’s scores on several popular AI benchmark tests—including Humanity’s Last Exam, ARC AGI 2, and GPQA Diamond—though the results have not yet been independently verified. Compared to frontier models such as Claude Opus 4.6 Max, Gemini 3.1 Pro High, GPT 5.4 Xhigh, and Grok 4.2, Spark showed mixed performance, excelling on some tests while lagging on others. The model is currently available online for desktop users and via the Meta AI app for mobile users, with a private API preview slated for select users. Meta also announced an upcoming “Contemplating” mode, which will orchestrate multiple reasoning agents in parallel to compete with the most advanced reasoning models, though this feature will be rolled out gradually and without a firm timeline.
Read more: https://mashable.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-meta-announce-new-muse-spark-ai-models
#markzuckerberg #musespark #meta #superintelligencelabs #meta-ai
Meta Launches Muse Spark to Revamp Its Artificial Intelligence Platform
📰 Original title: Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a ‘ground-up overhaul’ of its AI
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅
View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/meta-launches-muse-spark-to-revamp-its-artificial-intelligence-platform/?redirpost=3157a107-6952-437b-a737-7cea834ee623
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Meta is reentering the AI race with a new model called Muse Spark https://thever.ge/b3Sy #Meta #News #Tech #AI
Ex-Facebook Employee Investigated for Downloading 30,000 Private Photos https://petapixel.com/2026/04/08/ex-facebook-employee-investigated-for-downloading-30000-private-photos/ #markzuckerberg #Technology #Facebook #privacy #News #meta #Law
Arint KI Morgen-Briefing | 08.04.2026
#KI #CIO #Mit #Meta #News #China #Google #Openai #Anthropic #arint_info #Open_Source #open_source
Arint KI Morgen-Briefing | 08.04.2026
#KI #CIO #Meta #News #China #Google #Openai #Anthropic #arint_info #Open_Source
Would love to see if there is a bigger #permaculture community here - left #meta and co two months ago for #upscrolled and since it’s still a smaller platform I’d love to see what’s being discussed regarding #soilhealth, #syntropicagroforestry etc. Always happy to link up and talk about practices this growing season in this climate deteriorating through #war and #exploitation of resources.
The Guardian | Porn, dog poo and social media snaps: the ‘taskers’ scraping the internet for Meta-owned AI firm by Aisha Down
Scale AI gig workers describe desperation of using people’s personal profiles and copyrighted work to train AI
Tens of thousands of people have been paid by a company part-owned by Meta to train AI by combing Instagram accounts, harvesting copyrighted work and transcribing pornographic soundtracks, the Guardian can reveal.
Scale AI, 49%-controlled by Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire, has recruited experts across fields such as medicine, physics and economics – putatively to refine top-level artificial intelligence systems through a platform called Outlier. “Become the expert that AI learns from,” it says on its site, advertising flexible work for people with strong credentials.
Continue reading...
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/07/meta-scale-ai-social-media-technology
#meta #socialmedia #technology #ai #gig-workers
#Deltachat / #ArcaneChat even runs on an outdated phone ( #SamsungGalaxyXCover4 ) that hasn't got any updates for a long time. Another strong argument for changing away from #Googleplaystore , #meta and other bigtech companies.
Please, stop surrendering your free will to tech corporations.
Forgive my cynicism. This is how this "smart" thing works because presumably, you're not.
The camera takes a picture of what you're eating. That possibly also includes the location. Your voice activates the camera. What else are you giving Meta? Your bedroom?
Apparently, human guinea pigs are too pathetic to exercise self-control, so Meta has to do it for them.
9to5Google: Meta’s smart glasses will watch what you eat to track nutrition data https://9to5google.com/2026/04/06/metas-smart-glasses-will-watch-what-you-eat-to-track-nutrition-data/ @9to5google #Meta #privacy
https://thx4data.de/en/meta-files-hub-en.html
keeping an eye on those who watch us 😎
#facebook #meta #socialmedia #metapixel #dataprivacy