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I've been running a Large Language Model (LLM) similar to GPT-4 on my desktop PC since yesterday. When I say that I'm running it on my desktop, I mean that the entire LLM is stored on my PC. All of it. We have much to discuss. Continue Reading →

Here's something you probably won't do today: install a large language model (LLM) chat application on your PC. That’s okay, I did it for you – in about 10 minutes. The results (which are awesome, BTW) are nothing compared to the unintended consequences. Continue Reading →

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company (formerly known as Facebook) is jumping into the generative AI game with its own large language model, LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI): a state-of-the-art foundational large language model designed to help researchers advance their work in this subfield of AI. Continue Reading →

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Meta’s chief product officer, Chris Cox, said that the metaverse would one day become as "important as the smartphone." Continue Reading →

Seattle’s public schools district has filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube, accusing them of creating a “mental health crisis among America’s youth.” Continue Reading →

CNN obtained an internal memo to Meta's (formerly Facebook's) content moderation team that noted that “political speech is ineligible for fact-checking. This includes the words a politician says as well as photo, video, or other content that is clearly labeled as created by the politician or their campaign.” The memo was in direct response to requests for guidance from Meta's internal and external fact checkers. Continue Reading →

Instagram has been rolling out support for NFTs minted on Ethereum and Polygon since May 2022. The company just announced that support for the Flow blockchain is now rolling out in 100 countries, and Instagram expects to support the Solana blockchain soon. Continue Reading →

For non-Big Tech businesses, when you want to do proprietary market research about a product or service, you go through a process. You start with a testable hypothesis, then you design an experiment to test your idea(s). That's followed by the selection of target personas, identification of the pool of potential research subjects, etc. For most of us, this is a well-established, time-consuming, resource-intensive process. That's not the case for Instagram. Continue Reading →

Meta (the company formerly known as Facebook) has confirmed that it is inflating the price of Quest 2 VR headsets by $100 on August 1. As far as I can tell, you can still find both models at the lower prices, but time is running out and the price to enter the observable Zuckerverse will soon inflate. Continue Reading →

Okay, this is admittedly a clickbait headline, but I can't find anyone (other than Mark Zuckerberg and people who work at Facebook) that has anything nice to say about Facebook's redesign. Continue Reading →