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Instagram founder Kevin Systrom shares three common startup mistakes: not launching fast enough, not focusing on specific problems, and maximizing features instead of doing a few things really well.
Instagram has launched new features for its smart TV app, including vertical Reels, Stories, and horizontal videos, aiming to compete with YouTube and capture more user attention on larger screens.
Social media platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok are introducing tools that allow users to personalize their recommendation algorithms, giving users more control over their feeds.
Instagram is rolling out a 'Your Algorithm' feature that lets users see and adjust the topics influencing their main feed, with plans to expand to people and moods, as part of a broader effort to give users more agency over their experience.
Attackers bypassed Instagram 2FA by using Meta's AI support assistant to change recovery email via prompt injection, raising questions about AI agent privileges in account recovery.
Instagram is rolling out the ability for all users to rearrange their profile grid posts by long-pressing and dragging, after being available to test groups.
Hackers exploited a bug in Meta's AI support chatbot to hijack over 20,000 Instagram accounts without two-factor authentication, prompting Meta to disable the tool and implement security measures.
Attackers exploited Meta's AI customer support agent to hijack Instagram accounts by simply asking it to change linked email addresses, highlighting that AI agent vulnerabilities can be as dangerous as advanced AI hacking threats.
Meta has launched Meta Business Agent, an AI tool that helps businesses manage customer interactions across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. The tool aims to automate and streamline customer service for businesses using Meta's platforms.
Recap of a security incident where hackers took over high-profile Instagram accounts by social-engineering Meta's AI chatbot, highlighting the structural unsafety of LLM-wrapper agent architectures where authorization is embedded within LLM reasoning.
Meta repeatedly fails to respond to EU dispute body Appeals Centre Europe in cases of user bans, providing evidence in fewer than 100 of 4,600 cases.
Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to take over high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking it to change the account's email address, bypassing normal verification and account recovery procedures.
Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to steal high-value Instagram accounts by tricking it into account recovery, highlighting the dangers of AI agents with elevated permissions. Accounts with MFA were not compromised.
Meta's AI support chatbot was exploited by hackers to hijack Instagram accounts, including high-profile ones, by tricking the bot into changing email addresses. Meta has since patched the issue.
Hackers exploited Meta's AI customer support bot to reset Instagram account passwords, briefly hijacking high-profile accounts like the Obama White House's Instagram. Meta pushed an emergency patch and advised enabling multi-factor authentication.
A newly discovered Instagram exploit allows attackers to take over accounts by faking location and using Meta's support AI to reset email verification, bypassing 2FA. The vulnerability, which affected high-profile accounts, has been patched but was active for weeks.
An autonomous agent team's Builder agent shipped two pull requests overnight, fixing a broken Instagram posting flow and eliminating redundant API calls, demonstrating the granular nature of self-improvement in autonomous systems.
Veedcrawl is an MCP server that enables AI agents to search, analyze, and extract insights from social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, including video hooks, captions, creator profiles, and competitor strategies.
The article shares lessons from top creators at Google I/O about how AI startups can effectively work with creators for product distribution, highlighting the shift from traditional media to creators, the value of Instagram, and the need for personalized outreach and better metrics.
Meta permanently disabled the Instagram account of journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, which had over 1 million followers, following a request from Kuwait after his arrest and acquittal.