Last October it introduced facial scans to spot ads scamming users with fake celebrity endorsements, now the same tech will look out for impostor accounts. It’s switching on for Facebook in the EU and UK, with Instagram to follow. No-one tell the arm of the company in charge of celebrity lookalike chatbots, alright?
Current AI spending means the industry needs $2 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, according to estimates from Bain & Co. That’s “more than five times the size of the entire global subscription software market,” write Eliot Brown and Robbie Whelan. But there’s a plan: 1. Build data centers. 2. ???? 3. Profit. Anyway, I’ve been wondering about this for a while now.
And by “old-fashioned,” of course I mean the Facebook Dating AI assistant. I didn’t even know Facebook Dating was a thing, and it’s already worse than I could have guessed.
Nicholi:
I think “Meta’s dating assistant AI chatbot” might be the worst imaginable response to asking someone how they met their partner.
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It’s reasonable to feel wary about this tech, but we can’t ignore how it can be a game-changer for disabled communities
