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Meta has rolled out a new way to control how Instagram tracks your web activity.

Activity Off-Meta Technologies (formerly known as Off-Facebook Activity) and Transfer Your Information were previously available for Facebook are now available for Instagram as well.

Activity Off-Meta Technologies allows you to control what information from your web activity is shared with Meta by third parties. 

Within the app, you can review the businesses that you might visit that are sharing data with Meta, for instance Airbnb, and then decide if you’d like to disconnect specific sites from your account or clear the data entirely. That data is used to show you relevant ads, so it might be something you’d like to keep in place. That said, if you’re like me and are highly susceptible to a targeted…

OpenAI has unveiled a new tool named GPTbot.

This revolutionary web crawler has been crafted to accumulate data from all corners of the internet, amplifying the precision and capabilities of AI models.

OpenAI says that granting GPTbot access to websites can play a pivotal role in refining AI models’ accuracy, increasing their overall potential, and enhancing safety measures. However, it has come to light that a substantial 15% of the world’s top 100 websites have opted to block GPTbot’s access.

 

GPTbot’s Impact and Adoption

 

Originality.AI has released data that reveals that within the initial fortnight following the launch of GPTBot’s documentation, nearly 10% of the globe’s most prominent 1000 websites chose to prevent GPTbot’s intrusion.

Notable sites…

Elon Musk, the owner of X, previously known as Twitter, recently announced plans to remove the platform’s block feature. His decision stems from his views on the feature, arguing it “makes no sense”.

Instead, users will only be able to prevent others from sending them direct messages. This decision has been met with a range of reactions from users and industry experts alike.

“Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” Musk stated in a post on X. This isn’t the first time Musk has shared this sentiment. In June, he expressed the opinion that blocking should be replaced by “a stronger form of mute”.
 

Concerns Over User Safety

 
One of the primary worries expressed by users is the potential increase in online harassment. The block feature…