From yesterday. Warning: this isn't a movie stunt.

This happened after a resident left an external battery charging in the bedroom.

"While outside, the resident heard a sudden noise from inside their home. In a set of videos provided to the local fire department, home security on the main floor picked up signs of danger in the bedroom above. Red flashes of light flare and is joined by a sudden pop of sound. Four concerned dogs come sprinting downstairs, glancing back worryingly. Soon after, a small fireball rolls down the stairs, a flaming chunk of Meta Quest debris spooking these adorable pets further away."

Kotaku: Firefighters Investigating Explosion Caused By Meta Quest 3 In Maine Home https://kotaku.com/maine-firefighters-investigating-explosion-caused-by-meta-quest-3-2000706237 @Kotaku #Meta #VR

This story about #Meta #AI from Wired is brutal.

Apparently 6500 employees were “drafted” (i.e. given the choice to agree or quit) to form an AI training squad, and they were required to make software puzzles for their AI to solve, over and over again. It looks like the mind-numbing work was so brutal and meaningless that an employee hijacked an internal meeting to curse executives out in front of thousands of internal viewers.

https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-meta-employee-meeting-interrupt-ai/

Saturday Night … 😄 Be good! #meta

@remixtures

#AI will soon burst its bubble, and data centres will be bought up by farmers to keep their cows and tractors in.

#aibubble #aihype #meta #SpaceX

Saturday Night … 😄 Be good! #meta

😎 New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses

｢ Europe's privacy concerns risk spoiling the rollout of Meta's eye-catching flagship product in the region. That could annoy the U.S. administration, which has long complained that EU laws and regulations unfairly target U.S. technology companies. ｣

https://www.politico.com/www.politico.eu/article/new-privacy-frontier-europe-eyes-crackdown-smart-glasses/

#meta #privacy #eu #smartglasses #surveillance

"The eyes are the windows of the soul."

Reuters (from yesterday): Zuckerberg says Meta made 'mistakes' in AI workforce shift https://www.reuters.com/business/metas-zuckerberg-admits-mistakes-made-ai-transformation-2026-06-12/ @Reuters #Meta #Zuckerberg

ich find's immer kurios mit welcher Selbstverständlichkeit Menschen #WhatsApp als defakto-Kommunikationsstandart annehmen. Besonders unter Kreativen wird da gern mit gearbeitet - was dann zu gestriger Situation führt: 'aber wir haben Dir doch eine Nachricht geschickt!' Ich habe vor zehn Jahren meinen Whatsapp-Account beendet, aber #Meta gaukelt den Leuten entweder vor, das ich da verfügbar sei, oder es ist ihnen einfach völlig egal #messenger #kommunikation

EL PAÍS in English | Frances Haugen: ‘We are worse off today than when I leaked the Facebook documents’ by Manu González Pascual

AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

Frances Haugen, the former Facebook engineer who leaked 21,000 internal documents that revealed the platform’s harm to teens, says Meta may be “worse off today” than when the leak sparked a wave of lawsuits, class actions and state‑level suits after the 2021 Wall Street Journal exposé. While Meta initially bolstered safety teams, subsequent industry shifts—spurred by Elon Musk’s dismantling of moderation at X—have led to reduced accountability, and recent jury verdicts in New Mexico and Los Angeles found the company liable for child exploitation and addiction. Haugen now runs the NGO Beyond the Screen from Puerto Rico, urging stronger enforcement of the EU’s Digital Services Act and broader regulation of AI “digital friends,” which she warns can exacerbate self‑harm among minors. She predicts future legal battles over AI-driven harm, stresses the need for consensus across political lines to protect youth, and is hopeful that emerging platforms offering safer, anonymous spaces could give the next generation real choice over where to connect.

Read more: https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2026-06-07/frances-haugen-we-are-worse-off-today-than-when-i-leaked-the-facebook-documents.html

#FrancesHaugen #Meta #Facebook #ElonMusk #EU

We've been there before with Google Glass. It's a bit irritating that humans are determined not to learn from past mistakes. Wait for the lawsuits, especially against Meta.

Computerworld: Inside the coming war over face cameras https://www.computerworld.com/article/4184202/inside-the-coming-war-over-face-cameras.html @MikeElgan #privacy #surveillance #Meta

Meta has been down over the past 24 hours. There are still some significant disruptions going on https://metastatus.com/

Downdetector https://downdetector.com/status/facebook/ #Meta #Facebook

很多群友都回報說，fb和IG當了。

#停權群的日常 #meta #facebook #instagram #threads

Meta Hid Face Recognition on 50 Million Phones. #meta #instagram #facebook #whatsapp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53QtgdpIo20

RE: https://troet.cafe/@arthurdent/116173344247015928

#gutenMorgen
Ich bin immer noch verstört, wie #metaglasses in weiten Teilen der Öffentlichkeit ankommen. Wie kann man nur so ahnungslos sein? Als #Augenoptiker zeige ich Euch nochmal mit wem Ihr es da aus meinem Gewerk zu tun habt. Ich sach mal so: Alois Müller ist dagegen nichtmal Kreisklasse und im Gegensatz zu #meta wird da wirklich Geld verdient. Guckt mal, welche Marken die so im Portfolio haben und wem Ihr Knete in den Rachen geschmissen habt.
#erstmalKaffee
#spyglasses

🎙️ ■ La Comisión Europea le da un varapalo a Meta y sus chats de IA en WhatsApp ■
https://los40.com/2026/06/12/la-comision-europea-le-da-un-varapalo-a-meta-y-sus-chats-de-ia-en-whatsapp/?int=MASTODON_WORLD

#los40 #meta #facebook #markzuckerberg

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Meta y los Chatbots

Uh. Ich habe bei YouTube mal kurz nach #Metaglasses geguckt. Absolut unglaublich. Beweihräucherung und Tipps wie man die LED abdunkelt. Sind die wirklich alle so unglaublich doof? Kann sich niemand vorstellen, was #meta mit den gesammelten Daten anstellen kann -und wird? Merkt keiner dass diese Dinger kein nerviges Spielzeug, sondern Waffen sind? Davon sind bereits Millionen im Umlauf. Sagt mir bitte, dass ich maßlos übertreibe, aber ich sehe da ein ernstes riesiges Problem.
#spyglasses

@mick #Meta actually has a patent whereby they can just model (with AI) the real-life people who stop visiting #Facebook, into a bot who acts and posts, **as though they are still there**. This is of course behind the back of the person who left. So if you think about it, there's no harm in everyone withdrawing, or being forced by top-down governmental policy not to go: Facebook can just automate a believable experience of a platform using AI, even though it's actually a ghost town full of AI "phantoms". Facebook covers their butts, and covers their reputation with a believable facade, so there are no losers (granted no fraud occurs, and of course there will be) considering that they have their interests protected.

"I asked them if they did this kind of thing often. First time, they said, and pointed out that this study only recruited first-timers. Your body’s data was only valuable once." —Max Callimanopulos for n+1 https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/in-the-reality-lab/?src=longreads #technology #ai #artificialintelligence #meta #longreads

Euroopan komissio on antanut teknologiajätti Metalle tiukan määräyksen palauttaa kilpailevien yleiskäyttöisten tekoälyapurien maksuton pääsy WhatsAppiin.

Aikaa tähän on vain muutama päivä. Mikäli määräaikaa ei noudateta, Metaa uhkaa isot sakot.

https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2026/06/10/euroopan-komissio-meta-5-paivaa-aikaa-sallia-kilpaileville-tekoalyille-paasy-whatsappiin

#uutiset #meta #euroopankomissio #whatsapp

Some time ago, I decided to add my thoughts about "AI" to my site…

#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

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Note that not all text from the image fitted in this Alt text... Generative Al is based on massive theft from creatives, without consent, credit or compensation. Using gen-Al is asking a chatbot to spit out the combined efforts of ripped-off creatives. It is industrializing and devaluing human expression, artistry and craftsmanship. Creatives are losing their jobs and motivation because tech corporations unscrupulously absorb and exploit their work. Tech corporations are building more and more huge Al data centers, consuming lots of internet bandwidth, energy, water and other valuable resources, increasing scarcity, prices and emissions, degrading the already fragile environment. When you're using an LLM like a chatbot or image generator, every bit of data you submit helps build a personal profile of you and your relatives, contributing to the power and reach of corporations and governments, and decreasing your privacy and security. Generative Al enables fake images, videos, text and speech that are widely used for abuse, deception, cybercrime, misinformation and propaganda, polluting safety, justice, science, news reporting and much more. Al use outsources your thinking and decision-making. Challenging your brain is essential to maintain mental agility, and to avoid Al dependency. Increasingly leaving tasks up to chatbots and gen-Al will result in a decline of skills, problem-solving capacity, independence and self-confidence.

#Zuckerberg anunță că #Meta deschide primul său centru de date pentru 🧠#inteligențăArtificială în 🇮🇳#India.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-5kRv

#Știri #Tehnologie #InteligențaArtificială #AI

#ComisiaEuropeană (@EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu) impune #Meta să permită acces liber la 📞#WhatsApp și chatboților AI rivali, precum Chat GPT sau Claude. Măsura va fi obligatorie pe parcursul investigației care urmărește să stabilească dacă compania și-a favorizat cu intenție propriul chatbot în momentul a blocat accesul altor asistenți AI.

🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=360415

#Știri #UE #UniuneaEuropeană #Tehnologie #InteligențaArtificială #AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI

A follow-up, if you missed it.

Wired: Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-glasses/#intcid=_wired-verso-hp-trending_0e5c0674-ff17-42ef-af48-bd968d25e29f_popular4-2 @WIRED #Meta #privacy #facialrecognition #spyware

We need to normalise spraying silly string into the faces of #glassholes wearing #smartglasses that have cameras.
(Other cameras are fair game too!)

They are a personal #privacy violation. Biometrics are considered protected information. #Meta have shelved the "name tag" #facialrecognition for now, but it will be back.

Scanning facial #biometrics of random people is akin to checking their fingerprints without permission.

This BS breaks laws in multiple countries and meta just does not care.

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Top of a silly string can with some string sprayed on the surface beside it.

O vulnerabilitate a chatbot-ului AI dezvoltat de #Meta a fost exploatată de hackeri pentru a prelua controlul asupra a peste 20 de mii de conturi de 📸#Instagram, care nu aveau activată autentificarea în doi pași.

🔗 https://biziday.ro/?p=360332

#Știri #Tehnologie #InteligențaArtificială #AI

#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

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Two-panel comic, showing a slick businessman in the first frame, grinningly pointing to a product promotion image, while saying "With AI image generation, we don't have to pay artists to advertise our product." In the second panel, a potential customer approaches the image, and says "Hmm, AI… Must be a cheap scammy product if they couldn't afford an artist."

I just realized Threads by Meta, they hide posts that may be of sensitive subject. For example, my latest post (about CSAM) is being hidden from public timeline.

#meta #threads

@scalzi this is even more ridiculously sad when you consider how awful any of Meta's automation is. Scammers, spammers, and content pirates are rampant on their platform and it truly boggles me how they can't stop the most basic of scams that literally cut and paste the same text to trick unsuspecting people to send money or gift cards to the wrong account.

Their stupid AI automatically tries to help you write better Ad copy when you buy advertising from them. Only once in 3 years have I found their AI rewriting to be even of the slightest use.

Their AI suggestions for how to improve my ads always make everything perform worse.

They are just bad at this and they want more compute so they can scale out how bad they are even more.

#facebook #ai #meta

@kaffeeringe Und wieder Mal versuchen skrupellose Geschaftemacher und Konzerne das Internet kaputt zu machen...

Werden #Meta ( #Facebook, #Instagram, #Threads, #WhatsApp ), #X, #Google, #TikTok, #OpenAI, #Anthropic, und Co. es dieses Mal schaffen? Ihre Chancen dazu sind besser denn je.

Eigentlich müsste das ein Weckruf für ALLE #BigTech Nutzer sein...

Een interne memo van #META legde het plan uit om de gezichtherkenningsfunctie van de #glasses te lanceren "tijdens een dynamische politieke omstandigheden, wanneer veel maatschappelijke groeperingen (...) hun middelen gericht zouden hebben op andere zorgen."
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