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There’s always room for more artificial intelligence in your news feed—at least according to Artifact. The news app developed by former Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger is now rolling out AI-generated images for posts on the platform.

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On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta plans to charge European users $17 a month for an ad-free version of Instagram and Facebook.

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Meta’s bread and butter has long been its user-centric targeted ad business, but European regulations are forcing the company to rethink how it can monetize its ostensibly free social platforms. The answer? Make users pay up if they prefer not to let their data be used to sell them products.

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People are leaving big platforms for smaller online circles. It's the start of a new, healthier era of social media.
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Mark Zuckerberg speaks at a conference, a couple poses for a selfie in Hong Kong.
Meta says it's been using Instagram photos and Facebook posts to train its new AI.
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The hashtags #laundryroom and #utilitylaundryroom have over a billion views on TikTok.
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The kids are not all right and are being subject to a firehouse of pinging in the thick of the Information Age. A new report reveals that children are getting upwards of 4,500 notifications a day and have some predictable favorite (and least favorite) apps.

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