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Social media used to be free. Not anymore.

Vox

Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty Images You used to pay for social media with your eyeballs. If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” has long been a common refrain about the business of social media. But now, this free model of social media — subsidized by advertising — is under pressure.

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Spend On Generative AI Will Grow 36% Annually To 2030

Forrester IT

Generative AI’s meteoric rise can be compared to the launch of social media, the smartphone, and the internet.

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Trump's Social Media Platform Could Already Face Legal Issues, After Allegedly Ripping Off Code

Gizmodo

The most recent former president’s new social media platform—goofily called The Truth Social —would appear to be sourced from derivative code that could potentially get him sued. Read more.

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13-year old teenage girl becomes victim of the social media chroming challenge

Dataconomy

The latest “social media chroming challenge” has infiltrated popular platforms like TikTok, captivating a vast number of individuals who are actively engaging in online discussions surrounding this phenomenon. What is social media chroming challenge?

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Looking forward to 2100 on offices, robotics, education, social media, urbanization…

Trends in the Living Networks

In July 2020, Elon Musk revealed to the media that Tesla cars would achieve “basic functionality for level five autonomy” by the end of the year. One of the most exciting applications of Artificial Intelligence today and where it goes in the future, is the ability to help us to learn faster and more enjoyably than ever before.”.

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Liftoff Tips for a Social Media Program

CIO Musings

I frequently talk to customers, both internal and external, about how to get started with social media. When I ask customers why they want to accomplish with a social media presence, I get a wide range of answers. This is part of the problem with the consumerization of Social Media. Resistance is not futile.

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TikTok, the Only Social Media Platform Without Stories, Is Getting Stories

Gizmodo

As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, so too is it all but guaranteed in 2021 that social media platforms will eventually test some ill-fated version of Instagram Stories in their feeds. And as of Wednesday, TikTok is no longer the exception: The platform is reportedly experimenting with a new… Read more.

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