SOCIAL MEDIA
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X Expands Audio and Video Calls to Non-Paying Users
Look, I don’t know why this would be considered revolutionary or an advance, or even a significant step in any direction really. But for some reason, Elon Musk and his team believe that facilitating audio and video calls in X is a really big deal. And now, it’s expanding its audio and video calling features to all non-Premium subscribers in…
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Google Looks to Enhance its AI Generated ‘Performance Max’ Ads
Google’s adding some new generative AI elements to its automated “Performance Max” ad campaigns, with its Gemini LLM to power a new process that will enable headline and copy generation within the Performance Max process. Performance Max campaigns utilize Google AI to create ads for you, in multiple formats, which can then be automatically served across Google channels and inventory,…
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Meta Expands Access to Instagram’s Creator Marketplace
Meta has announced that it’s finally expanding access to its Creator Marketplace tool, which will give more businesses the capacity to search for creators to work with on their Instagram campaigns. Meta first launched its Creator Marketplace back in 2022, enabling U.S.-based brands to search and connect with relevant platform influencers based on a range of qualifiers, including focus topics,…
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Meta Begins Testing Fact Check Markers on Threads
While it doesn’t particularly want political discussion on Threads, Meta also knows that it’s going to happen either way, which is why it’s now expanding its fact-checks to Threads as well, with the first fact-check alerts spotted in-stream late last week. As you can see in this example, Threads is now displaying fact-checks in some regions, with the current notes…
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Tech Companies Agree to New Accord to Limit the Impacts of AI Deepfakes
With the latest examples of generative AI video wowing people with their accuracy, they also underline the potential threat that we now face from artificial content, which could soon be used to depict unreal, yet convincing scenes that could influence people’s opinions, and their subsequent responses. Like, for example, how they vote. With this in mind, late last week, at…
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AI Tools Are Revolutionizing Creation, but the Value of Concept Is Still Key
While generative AI is evolving at a rapid rate, and the content being produced by AI tools is continuously improving, I do feel that the value of conceptual creative is often overlooked in many related discussions. Today, we got a preview of the next wave of generative AI tools, with OpenAI showcasing its new “Sora” text-to-video tool. All of these…
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Pinterest Highlights Key Color Trends for 2024
Which colors are going to dominate trends throughout 2024? Pinterest has put together a new “Pinterest Palette” color trends overview, which is based on the dominant colors from Pins identified within its Pinterest Predicts report. As explained by Pinterest: “Our internal creative team, Pinterest’s House of Creative, analyzed the trends from Pinterest Predicts 2024 and distilled the search terms specifically related…
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TikTok Announces New Platform Trend Data Integration with Adobe Express
TikTok’s expanding its AI-powered Creative Assistant tool to Adobe Express, with Express users now able to add the assistant as an add-on within the app. @adobeexpress ???? TikTok Creative Assistant add-on is here!✨ Your new TikTok creation bestie ???? Gain TikTok-first guidance, tackle creative blocks, generate scripts and images, discover insights from Top TikTok ads, and more all within Adobe…
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Meta Says That it is Working to Remove That Annoying Chirp Sound When You’re Scrolling Facebook
Hey, have you noticed that your Facebook feed is making a lot more noise than usual lately? You’re not alone. Many users have noted the new sounds coming out of the app after the most recent update, which many have also found to be extremely annoying. why or how facebook thought that adding a chirp sound on every scroll is…
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Threads Plans to Deprioritize Political Discussion Through New Recommendations Approach
Yeah, I’m not sure that this aligns with the key strengths of a real-time social discussion app. Today, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri has announced that both Instagram and Threads are ramping up their systems to avoid recommending political content, in order to limit topical exposure to users who’ve had enough of constant, divisive political debates. As explained by Mosseri: “If…
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