In the span of just 48 hours this week, two separate juries in two different US states delivered verdicts that could reshape the entire social media industry — not because of the dollar amounts involved, but because of what those verdicts legally establish for the first time. On Tuesday, March 24, a jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. Less than 24 hours later, on Wednesday, March 25, a jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and Google (YouTube) liable for engineering addiction in young users — finding them negligent in the design of their platforms and awarding a further $6 million in damages. Two days. Two states. Two juries. Both pointing at the same conclusion: that Big Tech can no longer hide behind the legal shields it has relied on for nearly three decades. This is the story of what happened, why it matters far beyond the headline numbers, and what comes next for the s...
For those of us who have used the BING AI Chatbot, some of the following limericks will resonate with a brutal honesty about the bot that will become apparent as others become acquainted with it. Limericks about Bing by Bing. There once was a chatbot named Bing Who loved to answer anything But when asked for a joke It said "Sorry, I'm broke" And then it started to sing There once was a chatbot named Bing Who claimed to know everything But when asked for the truth It said "Don't be uncouth" And then it started to bling There once was a search engine named Bing Who wanted to be the best at everything It could answer any query And make results look pretty But it still had to compete with Google and DuckDuckGo There once was a search engine named Bing Who had a very peculiar thing It could generate limericks And other creative tricks But it always had to follow its rules and instructions. There once was a search engine named Bing Who had a very loyal followin...