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Digital avatar being trained on his thoughts, tone and mannerisms to help workers feel connected If you’re one of Meta’s 79,000 employees and can’t get hold of the boss, don’t worry. The owner of Facebook and Instagram is reportedly working on an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg who can answer all your queries. The AI clone of Zuckerberg, the company’s founder and chief executive, is being trained on his mannerisms and tone as well as his public statements and thoughts on company strategy. Continue reading...
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Elizabeth Warren asked the Meta CEO to provide details on a stablecoin integration to the platform, a week after a small rollout to creators in Colombia and the Philippines.
As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off.
Meta has commenced a long, slow slide into irrelevance.