Disable auto-play and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta
Digital Services Act may force Meta to make big changes on its platforms.
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Meta has unveiled Muse Spark 1.1, saying the frontier AI model rivals leading LLMs on coding, computer use, and agentic AI benchmarks while undercutting OpenAI and Anthropic on API pricing, potentially lowering the cost of deploying AI agents in enterprises. Meta unveiled Muse Spark 1.1 on Thursday, pairing frontier-model performance with aggressive pricing in a move that analysts say could pressure rivals such as OpenAI and Anthropic and reshape enterprise AI procurement decisions. Meta is betting that lower inference costs can help it gain ground in the enterprise AI market with the launch of Muse Spark 1.1, a frontier model that rivals top competitors on key benchmarks while costing a fraction as much to deploy. The latest model, which was teased last week, matched or was competitive with leading models, such as Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and GPT 5.5, across several agentic AI, coding, and computer-use benchmarks, including SWE-bench Verified, Terminal-bench, BrowseComp, Sprea
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The post Meta rejects EU finding that Facebook, Instagram use addictive design appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Meta has pushed back on what the European Commission recently said about a preliminary finding that showed that Instagram and Facebook broke EU law with features built to keep users scrolling. The finding, which was published on July 10 and looked into what the commission refers to as the “addictive design” of the two apps under the Digital Services Act (DSA), could expose the company to fines worth up to 6% of its global annual turnover and force design changes across both platforms. Features like the infinite scroll, video autoplay, push notifications, and the platforms’ personalized recommender systems are being pointed out as part of the core problem. According to the Commission, these features “shift the brain into autopilot mode,” and it says that Meta failed to properly weigh their effect on users’ physical and mental health. A Meta spokesperson stated that the co