The outage was one of Facebook's longest and broadest failures in recent memory. Fixing the problem involved visiting a physical server facility and manually resetting some servers.
In an interview, Haugen, who describes herself as an algorithm-ranking specialist, concluded that underinvestment in safety was baked in at Facebook and virtually impossible to change.
The outage of the three popular social media platforms came a day before a Facebook whistleblower was all set to testify before a Congressional committee.
To build good AI, programmers need to spend the vast majority of their time on data — a dull, difficult & therefore neglected work. The result is error-riddled data sets in AI systems.
In first interview, Frances Haugen says she took thousands of documents from Facebook as it poses 'worse harms' than she saw at other social media networks.
At a hearing Thursday, senators questioned Facebook over suicide rates for Instagram users and how the social media giant's business model guides product design.
The biggest issues for Facebook revolve around regulation, legislation and litigation. And Zuckerberg's response to a recent row only highlights Facebook problems.
Technology companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter or Amazon are under increased scrutiny and regulatory pressure of the Modi govt. They need an insider in power corridors.
The first-ever 'transparency report' into Facebook could be a golden opportunity for the board to put its foot down on the social media giant's chronic secrecy.
It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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