Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg considered altering how the company studies social issues after internal research on Instagram's impact on teen girls' mental health was made public, according to The Verge. Meanwhile, the tech industry is shifting towards AI agents managing delegated workforces, as reported by Ars Technica, and a bill introduced by Senate Democrats seeks to ban facial recognition use by ICE and CBP. Additionally, Bing inexplicably blocked 1.5 million websites hosted on Neocities, and geologists discovered two massive structures deep within the Earth that have shaped the planet's magnetic field for millions of years, as detailed by Ars Technica and Wired, respectively.
Zuckerberg's contemplation of changing Meta's research practices followed the publication of a Wall Street Journal story detailing the company's findings on Instagram's negative effects on teen girls, according to The Verge. The report indicated that Zuckerberg believed Apple faced less criticism by maintaining a lower profile.
The AI industry is undergoing a transformation, with companies like Anthropic and OpenAI releasing products that allow users to manage teams of AI agents instead of directly interacting with a single AI assistant, Ars Technica reported. This shift towards AI as a delegated workforce has coincided with a significant drop in software stocks, wiping out $285 billion. However, the effectiveness of this supervisory model remains uncertain, as AI agents still require human intervention to correct errors.
In other news, Senate Democrats introduced the "ICE Out of Our Faces Act," which would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from using facial recognition technology, Ars Technica reported. The bill would ban the acquisition, possession, access, or use of biometric surveillance systems and the data derived from them. This ban extends to other biometric surveillance technologies, such as voice recognition.
Furthermore, the search engine Bing blocked approximately 1.5 million independent websites hosted on Neocities, a platform that allows users to create free websites, Ars Technica reported. Founded in 2013, Neocities aims to preserve the spirit of the 1990s internet.
Finally, a team of geologists discovered two continent-sized structures deep within the Earth that have influenced the planet's magnetic field for the past 265 million years, according to Wired. These structures, known as large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), are located approximately 2,900 kilometers beneath the surface. Each is comparable in size to the African continent.
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