The US Surgeon Common, Vivek Murthy, says social media ought to come with warning labels, writing in The New York Occasions that social media is an “important contributor” to the teenager psychological well being disaster. Final yr, he issued an advisory making related arguments, saying social media posed a “profound risk” to teen psychological well being. In his newest op-ed, Murthy cited a research exhibiting increased social media use was related to an elevated danger of hysteria and despair, in addition to a survey the place virtually half of teenagers reported “social media makes them feel worse about their bodies.”
He additionally famous warning labels alone wouldn’t make social media safer — I imply, individuals nonetheless smoke — however would assist higher inform everybody. “There is no seatbelt for parents to click, no helmet to snap in place… there are just parents and their children, trying to figure it out on their own, pitted against some of the best product engineers and most well-resourced companies in the world.”
He’ll want assist from Congress to make this occur, nonetheless. Cooperation in US politics has not been widespread this decade. Nevertheless, there was latest bipartisan assist to curtail tech firms’ powers — have a look at the TikTok saga.
— Mat Smith
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Making them even creepier.
Oh, converse of the satan. TikTok has introduced its new AI-created digital avatars for each creators and types on the app.
Based on TikTok, the AI personas ought to make it simpler for creators and companies to create branded content material with a “human feel” — even when that human really feel is an uncomfortable stranger looking at you from a bus cease throughout the street. There are two sorts of avatars: inventory avatars based mostly on paid actors and customized avatars based mostly on present creators and model spokespeople. As Karissa Bell places it, they offer M3GAN vibes. At the least, the corporate’s personal guidelines require this sort of content material to have distinguished disclosures.
The $130 MX Ink will arrive in September.
Logitech has unveiled a combined actuality stylus for Meta Quest headsets — however not the Quest Professional. The MX Ink helps customers craft extra exact designs and illustrations — though I’m undecided what number of pro-level artists are utilizing consumer-grade VR headsets… However hey, possibly it should give Sony some competitors.
Anticipate excessive taking pictures speeds.
Nikon’s $2,500 Z6 III has the world’s first “partially stacked” 24.5-megapixel (MP) sensor. That permits for high-speed taking pictures in options like RAW video and quicker autofocus and each picture and video modes. Briefly, higher than the several-years-old Z6 II. So, er, what’s {a partially} stacked sensor? They’re uncommon (and costly), having thus far solely appeared on Sony’s A1 and Nikon’s personal Z8 and Z9. Circuits cowl all the sensor, so it may possibly learn pixel knowledge way more rapidly than common CMOS sensors. On the Z6 II, circuits cowl solely the highest and backside components of the sensor. So it’s quicker than regular CMOS sensors, however cheaper than stacked ones.
