September 14, 2024
New AI-Powered Feature on YouTube Faces Backlash
YouTube has once again tried to enhance the user experience in the platform and this time it has done it in the worst way possible with the comment summarization feature powered by artificial intelligence. The feature, which applies machine learning to summarise lengthy comment threads into short snippets, was designed to assist users in identifying […]
‘Community Notes’ on Twitter Faces Backlash Over Political Bias Claims
The social networking site’s feature known as “Community Notes” that is used to fact-check posts has been accused of being politically influenced and manipulated. The feature which lets users provide additional information that may help to clarify what would otherwise be ambiguous or even misleading tweets was created to fight fake news through community moderation. […]
TikTok’s “DeepTalk” Feature Raises Concerns about AI
The latest feature introduced by TikTok known as DeepTalk which uses AI to create comments on videos has raised controversy among users and tech ethicists. The new feature is still in beta and works by using a user’s view history and comments to write comments that resemble the user’s style. As TikTok claims that it […]
New Instagram Comment Moderation Tools Spark Debate
Instagram has recently introduced a set of new features for comment moderation to reduce harassment and abuse but the move has sparked a debate on free speech and censorship. The new features let the users hide comments with certain keywords or phrases and comments from people who do not follow the user or follow them […]