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🗑️ Meta removes AI profiles after backlash

💸 Microsoft to invest $80 billion in AI data centers in 2025

🚨 TikTok knew its livestreams exploit children, new lawsuit claims

🚀 SpaceX to launch Starship with new Starlink models

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🗑️ Meta removes AI profiles after backlash LINK

Meta removed several AI-generated profiles from Facebook and Instagram after facing significant backlash and mockery from users on social media platforms.

The AI profiles, introduced as part of Meta's AI chatbot experiment, attracted criticism after remarks made by Meta's VP of Generative AI, Connor Hayes, brought them to public attention.

Users were unable to block these AI accounts, prompting Meta to terminate the experiment and address the blocking issue, although the company still plans to integrate more AI personas in the future.

💸 Microsoft to invest $80 billion in AI data centers in 2025 LINK

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion in AI data centers in 2025, aiming to support the training and deployment of AI models and enhance cloud-based applications.

Over half of Microsoft's investment will focus on constructing data centers in the United States, reflecting its commitment to domestic infrastructure development in the AI sector.

The company emphasizes the need for government support in AI advancement and suggests training Americans to use AI tools, while also promoting American AI technologies internationally.

🚨 TikTok knew its livestreams exploit children, new lawsuit claims LINK

A lawsuit by the state of Utah claims TikTok knowingly allowed its livestream feature to exploit children for profit, as revealed by internal communications and compliance reports.

Investigations like Project Meramec and Project Jupiter found that many minors bypassed age restrictions on TikTok Live and that the platform was used for criminal activities, including money laundering and drug sales.

Despite TikTok's efforts to block these disclosures, a Utah judge ordered much of the information to be unsealed, arguing it demonstrates TikTok's alleged failure to protect young users.

🚀 SpaceX to launch Starship with new Starlink models LINK

SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will attempt a significant milestone by deploying a set of mock Starlink satellites in a payload deployment test.

During the mission, Starship will release ten Starlink simulators on a suborbital path, with a planned splashdown in the Indian Ocean, aiming to validate its capability for future satellite missions.

The launch, set for January 10th, will feature a newly upgraded Starship with enhanced propulsion and increased propellant capacity, and will also attempt to catch the reusable booster on a landing pad.

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