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1 day agoThe Stack: AI Surges while Social Platforms Face Scrutiny
AI is growing rapidly, streaming models are evolving, and regulatory pressures on platforms are increasing globally.
VOID stands for Video Object and Interaction Deletion. It's a VLM (vision-language model) that can not only erase objects from a scene but can also inpaint how remaining objects in the scene should behave without the influence of whatever was excised.
"I've spent a lot of time looking at the comment sections on these videos actually, and it does not seem like bots. I clicked on people's profiles, these are real profiles, thousands of followers, no signs of inorganic activity. People just like it."
Instagram has been developing this option for some time, facilitating in-stream shopping with auto-generated shopping tags that identify the item in a post. The more recent addition of AI tagging has enhanced this, adding similar product matches that can be displayed when a user taps the Shop the Look button on a post.
It's our job to be translators of science so people understand what's happening and why it's so important. It's a global ocean. Just because something's happening in one place, doesn't mean it's not going to have an effect elsewhere in the world.
While the main feed is built for discovery and curated content, stories are built for connection. For local businesses like bakeries, cafes and restaurants, this distinction isn't just a technicality; it is a direct line to the consumer's daily routine.