Meta is changing the way it labels content that has been edited or modified by AI tools on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. For this type of content, Meta is moving the “AI info” label to the post’s menu. In the past, the label would appear directly under the user’s name. The company says the label will still appear under content that it has detected was generated by an AI tool. This means that although the label is being hidden for content that was changed or edited by AI tools, it will still be prominent ...

Indian antitrust regulator has found that Amazon and Flipkart, owned by Walmart, violated local competition laws, according to a report. The finding presents a new challenge for the e-commerce giants in a market where online retail growth remains modest at under 15% and quick-commerce is increasingly snatching business from Amazon India and Flipkart. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) launched a probe into Flipkart and Amazon India in 2020 following claims that these companies favored specific vendor ...

Microsoft is laying off around 650 employees from its gaming division, according to an internal memo shared online by IGN. The latest cuts come eight months after the company laid off 1,900 in its gaming division, following its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In Xbox chief Phil Spencer’s memo to staff, he notes that the new cuts are also related to the acquisition.  “As part of aligning our post-acquisition team structure and managing our business, we have made the decision to eliminate a ...

In an attempt to prevent suicide and self-harm content from spreading online, the nonprofit Mental Health Coalition (MHC) today announced a new program, Thrive, aimed at encouraging online platforms to share “signals” of potentially harmful material. Thrive, which counts Meta, Snap and TikTok as founding members, will provide ways for platforms to share hashes — essentially unique fingerprints — of graphic suicide and self-harm content and content depicting or encouraging viral challenges. The hashes will o ...

Core Insights - Amazon has launched a pilot package delivery service in Frankfurt, Germany, integrating electric road and rail transport [1] - The service utilizes vans to transport goods to the first tram stop, where the Gütertram service will then deliver the goods to cargo bikes [1] - This initiative aligns with Amazon's broader strategy to enhance its logistics network, including a recent contract to use rail transport between fulfillment centers in Germany and Italy [1] - Amazon's efforts to improve its environmental impact come in response to previous negative environmental reports, although it has recently scaled back its carbon neutrality goals for shipments by 2030 [1] Industry Context - The use of trams for cargo transport is not new in Europe, with previous examples including the CarGoTram in Dresden and a similar pilot by Deutsche Post DHL in Schwerin [2] - The trend of repurposing trams for cargo delivery highlights ongoing innovations in urban logistics within the industry [2]

Google has once again lost in its bid to overturn a 2017 antitrust decision by the European Commission. The bloc found its shopping comparison service had broken competition rules — hitting Alphabet, Google’s parent, with an at-the-time record-breaking €2.42 billion penalty (around $2.7 billion at current exchange rates) and ordering changes to how it operates the service.Google appealed the decision and, in November 2021, the General Court of the European Union largely dismissed the challenge. It confirmed ...

Elon Musk has denied a report that one of his companies, Tesla, has discussed sharing revenue with another of his companies, xAI, so that it can use the startup’s AI models.The Wall Street Journal wrote yesterday that under a proposed agreement described to investors, Tesla would use xAI models in its driver-assistance software (known as Full Self-Driving or FSD). The AI startup would also help develop features such as a voice assistant in Tesla vehicles and software for its humanoid robot Optimus. Writing ...

A federal judge says he will deliver a punishment in Google’s antitrust case by August 2025, according to The New York Times, after ruling earlier this month that Google had abused its monopoly power over the search industry.Judge Amit P. Mehta established a timeline for the remedies phase of Google’s antirust trial during a hearing in Washington D.C. on Friday, the outcome of which could upend how people find information on the internet. Prosecutors have until the end of the year to submit their proposals, ...

Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the company’s messaging apps, Messenger and WhatsApp.As Meta notes in a blog post, the DMA requires that it provide an option in WhatsApp and Messenger to connect with interoperable third-party messaging services and apps. Meta says it’s building notifications into WhatsApp and Messenger to inform users about these ...

More antitrust woes for Google. The U.K’.s competition watchdog said on Friday that it suspects the company of adtech antitrust abuses. The tech giant will now have a chance to respond to the provisional findings before the regulator reaches a final decision.Confirmed violations of U.K. competition law can lead to corrective orders and fines of up to 10% of annual worldwide group turnover. So the outcome of this case is likely to be closely watched. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has be ...