The Download: Meta’s new AI system, and covert Chinese social media activity


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The company has unveiled LLaMA 2, its first large language model that’s available for anyone to use—for free. It’s also releasing a version of the AI model that people can build into ChatGPT-style chatbots. —Melissa HeikkiläSpotting Chinese state media social accounts continues to be a challengeIt’s no secret that Chinese state-owned media are active on Western social platforms. But sometimes they take a covert approach and distance themselves from China, perhaps to reach more unsuspecting audiences. Such operations have been found to target Chinese- and English-speaking users in the past.