13 Articles about Social Media & AI

News sites are the new newspapers: People are abandoning them for social media – Nieman Lab

Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media – The Guardian

Social media’s next evolution: user-controlled algorithms with the help of AI – Tech Crunch 

TikTok Shows 3x More AI Slop Than YouTube, Report Finds – Search Engine Journal

An AI flaw, which Meta said it had fixed, allowed anyone to take over accounts using a bug in the company’s new artificial intelligence software. – New York Times

TikTok scales back AI-generated video descriptions after absurd errors – BBC  

Snap Is Laying Off 16% of Full-Time Staff as It Embraces A.I.  – New York Times

How Fake People Became Real Influencers AI avatars are redefining influence and trust online. – The Atlantic

Social media is populist and polarising; AI may be the opposite – Financial Times

The A.I. Videos on Kids’ YouTube Feeds - New York Times 

For AI Help, More College Students Ask Social Media First – Inside Higher Ed

Canada moves to regulate social media and AI chatbots – Jurist

Instagram AI chatbot tricked by hackers to give access to others' accounts – BBC