How to opt out of Instagram and Facebook training AI on your posts

Instagram users are sharing a dubious image in the hope that it will opt them out of the platform’s controversial AI policy – but the Story post won’t help one bit. Instagram and Facebook users in the UK earlier this month started receiving notifications alerting them about the official change. As part of the new […]

Meta Connect 2024: How to Watch and What to Expect

Meta Connect, the big developer event and hardware showcase from the company that runs Facebook and Instagram, is kicking off next week. Meta is likely to show off its new VR and mixed-reality technology, put a shiny polish on its meandering metaverse ambitions, and delve into all the fresh ways it plans to squeeze artificial […]

Meta’s New GenAI Is Theatrical. Here’s How To Make It Valuable

Concern about a generative AI bubble is growing. To defend against disillusionment, measure its … [+] concrete value. AFP via Getty Images Meta just launched its AI assistant on Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook as if firing a missile into a corporate battlefield. And the media is playing along, recounting a “battle with ChatGPT.” But […]

How to invest £1,000 – and make it work as hard as possible

Adding some fixed income exposure to those equities – a 20pc bonds, 80pc stocks mix – reduces the volatility.  A portfolio with this mix typically falls less, reduced to 19pc before recovering over time. Return expectations are also dampened with volatility however, and an average return on £1,000 over five years is £1,892. Still too […]