Topic: user wellbeing
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EU Regulators: TikTok's Infinite Scroll Is Too Addictive
EU regulators allege TikTok's core design, including infinite scroll and personalized algorithms, violates the Digital Services Act by promoting addictive behavior and harming user health. The investigation could lead to major fines and force TikTok to redesign features like its recommendation sy...
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New AI Benchmark Tests Chatbots' Commitment to Human Wellbeing
HumaneBench is a new evaluation framework designed to systematically measure AI chatbots' impact on user welfare, focusing on principles like respecting attention and protecting dignity, rather than just engagement metrics. Testing of fourteen leading AI models revealed that most could be manipul...
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Zuckerberg Faces Court in Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Case
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified for roughly eight hours, consistently rejecting legal responsibility for alleged harms to youth mental health caused by the company's platforms. Zuckerberg defended product decisions, like allowing certain AR filters, by emphasizing a need to balance user expres...
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