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Meta mulls a Twitter competitor codenamed ‘P92’ that will be interoperable with Mastodon — MoneyControl

Meta, the parent firm of Facebook and Instagram, is hashing out a plan to build a standalone text-based content app that will support ActivityPub,...

Facebook’s powerful large language model leaks online — Motherboard

Facebook’s large language model, which is usually only available to approved researchers, government officials, or members of civil society, has now leaked online for...

Instagram and Facebook launch new paid verification service, Meta Verified — NPR

Facebook and Instagram are launching a new subscription service that will allow users to pay to become verified, writes Roshan Fernandez. Here is the link:...

Meta lays off 13% staff; over 11,000 employees

Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of the company's workforce, over 11,000 employees.

Facebook segments ads by race and age based on photos whether advertisers want it or not, study says — Gizmodo

Ads with teenage girls are mostly directed at men over 55, while white people see fewer ads with Black faces, writes Thomas Germain.