Bot Swarms · December 2022Gaffe level: Feral
After more than 200 takedowns, Meta confirms covert online campaigns have gone global
Meta has now taken down more than 200 covert influence networks, and the company says these bot-driven propaganda operations have gone fully global. Somewhere out there, a troll farm just lost its accounts again.
Source: The Record
Blind Veterans Ran a 10-Miler With AI Glasses, and Now Every Blind Veteran Gets a Pair Free
Eight runners including blind Army veterans Roosevelt Morring, Rob Sanchas and Shawntina Gibson finished the Army Ten-Miler in heavy rain wearing Meta AI glasses that described the world around them. Meta committed to giving free Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to every blind veteran in America, more than 130,000 people.
Source: Lighthouse Guild