The companies developing generative AI technologies are, typically, skirting around the rules regarding copyright: very few actually provide the public with concrete information on how they train their models.
A new Washington Post survey of a wide range of internet users found that 60% don't trust Instagram and 72% don't trust Facebook to responsibly handle personal information and data on their online activity.
Instagram reportedly quietly rolled out an in-app pop-up over the past year that has been encouraging users to "try a new account," likely because it makes more money on new accounts than on older ones.
A bipartisan coalition of eight state attorneys general is investigating the effects of Instagram on young people with a focus on the techniques used by the company to increase and maintain engagement on the platform.
Facebook has faced heavy scrutiny since a report revealed that internal Facebook research showed that Instagram was toxic for teen girls. Facebook has published the full details of that report in an attempt to show it wasn't a complete picture of the study.
In response to a Wall Street Journal story that revealed Facebook is aware that social media can harm teens, Instagram's head Adam Mosseri says the dangers of his app are akin to car accidents, a comparison that has drawn considerable ridicule.
Two leading members of the Senate Commerce Committee's panel over consumer protection have said they will launch an investigation into Facebook following the report that the company was aware its product was harmful to teens.
According to internal research obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook knows that Instagram can be toxic and harmful for teen girls. Instagram has responded that these findings, while true, only focus on the negative.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is testifying on Capitol Hill this week regarding his company's use of users' personal data. Zuckerberg denied secretly listening to users through microphones for ad targeting, but the company is able to quietly collect quite a bit of data from a single uploaded photo.
The Columbia Journalism Review recently surveyed 30 veteran freelance photojournalists to find out what publications treat photographers best, and how much they pay. What they found is revealing, maybe even encouraging, and definitely useful information for the photogs out there.
Facebook's engagement numbers have been slipping, and a new report from the Wall Street Journal points to one way the social media behemoth intends to try and win back users who are sharing less and less through the platform: a stand-alone camera app.
Sony may not make the world's most popular smartphones or cameras, but it's playing a bigger role in those industries than what meets the eye: the company's image sensor business has been booming in recent years. In 2014, Sony was the company that made 40% of all the sensors sold across the globe.
The FAA has been working on a set of regulations for commercial drone use for months now, and according to the most recent reports, the results of all that work are some extremely strict rules that include requiring a full-blown pilot's license if you intend to sell what you're capturing.
Editor's Note: Be advised, some might find the following photographs disturbing.
On August 27, documentary photographer Kieran Kesner boarded Delta airlines flight 2608 for his first ever international assignment for the Wall Street Journal. Four layovers later, he arrived in Liberia, where he was now tasked with documenting the Ebola outbreak in all its unspeakable horror.
While covering the pre-election violence in the Thai capital of Bangkok, renowned photojournalist James Nachtwey was shot in the leg, reports the Wall Street Journal. Fortunately, according to a report in TIME, it seems the photog wasn't badly injured and returned to work soon after being shot.
When the Chinese military moved into Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989 to forcibly remove pro-democracy protestors, an anonymous man famously decided to place himself in front of the long column of Chinese tanks that were rumbling into the area. Photos and videos of the incident were immediately published and broadcast around the world. AP photographer Jeff Widener's "Tank Man" photo, shown above, is widely considered to be one of the most iconic photos of the 20th century.
Want to see what the camera arsenal of a world famous photographer looks like? A photographer whose work fetches millions of dollars at auction?
Check out the photograph above (larger version here). It was shot by photographer William Eggleston for WSJ Magazine, and shows just a portion of Eggleston's extensive camera collection.
Afghan photographer Massoud Hossaini won the Putlizer Prize yesterday for his …