[ad_1] The trick was to implement a new training method that scaled well and stayed in sync no matter what the workload. Previous projects tend to struggle without massive computational power. Facebook taught a virtual agent to handle point-to-point navigation for the equivalent of 80 years of human experience — that’s about 2.5 billion steps. […]
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Facebook says glitch led to rude translation of Chinese leader’s name
[ad_1] The company added that it was working to “fix this as quickly as possible.” Google’s translation engine didn’t have a similar problem. It’s hard not to laugh a little at the slip-up, especially when Xi Jinping is known to be sensitive to ridicule. However, Facebook’s Burmese translation flaws have also highlighted the company’s problems […]
Instagram removes the IGTV button you weren’t using
[ad_1] There have been a number of concessions over IGTV in the past. Instagram eventually allowed landscape videos rather than insisting on vertical clips, and it just recently enabled the option to post IGTV videos directly from the standard app. This, however, may be one of the more significant changes yet — it’s taking away […]
Joe Biden says Facebook spreads ‘falsehoods they know to be false’
[ad_1] The topic of Section 230 came up when the New York Times asked Biden about Facebook and the fact that the company rejected his request in October to remove a false Donald Trump attack ad. In one of the more raw moments of the interview, Biden went on the offensive against Mark Zuckerberg and […]
Facebook canceled two original Watch series
[ad_1] Facebook Watch still has some level of commitment to scripted series, as it plans to go forward with several in development. It would also be willing to pick up new programming if the right project came along, according to Deadline. Overall, however, it plans to emphasize unscripted programming, where it has had better success […]
WSJ: Facebook won’t push through with plans to put ads in WhatsApp
[ad_1] The founders have strong feelings against advertisements, after all. In a 2012 post on the app’s blog, they called ads “insults to your intelligence” and said they wanted to “make something that wasn’t just another ad clearinghouse.” Jan Koum left in 2018, a few months before Facebook announced it’s putting ads in Status, though […]
Nancy Pelosi claims Facebook doesn’t care about the truth
[ad_1] “Even if they know it’s not true, they will print it,” Pelosi said, apparently referencing Facebook’s political ad policy which caused a stir last year. Facebook also refused to take down a doctored video of Pelosi that made her appear drunk. At the time, she accused Facebook of enabling the Russian interference in the […]
Wikipedia comes back online in Turkey after multi-year ban
[ad_1] However, the decision was reversed in December last year by Turkey’s Constitutional Court — the highest court in the country. The court deemed the ban unconstitutional, and ruled that the restriction violated free speech. Local reports say that access to Wikipedia is now being restored across the country, although some users will be able […]
Facebook will now send you notifications for third-party logins
[ad_1] The notification, which you’ll get via email and the Facebook app, shows you what kind of details Facebook shared with the third-party application or website. If sharing your email address and photo with a random app you logged into doesn’t sit well with you, you can click on the Edit Settings button in the […]
Facebook taught its AI to speak math
[ad_1] My numerical idiocy aside, Facebook has trained an AI to solve the toughest of math problems. Real superstring stuff. In effect, FB has taught their neural network to view complex mathematical equations “as a kind of language and then [treat] solutions as a translation problem for sequence-to-sequence neural networks.” This is actually quite a […]