[Social Scoop] Is your phone listening to you? // Meta's next model could 'crush' ChatGPT-4 😲

...Mari has the scoop for you You're receiving this Social Scoop email newsletter as you subscribed via my website and/or via my Social Scoop Facebook Group. If you prefer to STOP receiving emails from me, you can simply unsubscribe using the link at the foot of this email. No worries, all good. Cheers! Greetings {NAME}! Have you ever had the sense that your phone LISTENS to you and gathers data for showing you more personalized ads? [📱][👂]😵 Ugh, right? 😬 Many folks have certainly had the experience (that seems WAY too coincidental) of talking about a subject only to see ads for that very thing moments later. BUT, guess what, my friend? Turns out these mega tech companies and advertisers do not 'NEED' to listen to us because they already have an absolutely *MASSIVE* amount of personal data on each and every one of us. Yep, Consumer Reports recently published a unique, eye-opening study on this. Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. [😳]Shocker! On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook by 2,230 companies. That number varied significantly, with some panelists’ data listing over 7,000 companies providing their data. [Read more and join the discussion on this Facebook post.]() I'd be curious to know your thoughts on this practice. Are you comfortable with this inordinate amount of data gathered and shared about you and your loved ones? Could Meta's next model 'crush' Chat GPT-4? In a Reel posted to Facebook and Instagram, Zuckerberg recently stated that people are going to need new devices for AI. He's convinced we all need a pair of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. 😎 And Meta is working on "Building the best AI Assistants: AIs for Creators, AIs for businesses and more. This means advances in every area of AI." Okay, I'm actually genuinely excited about the possibilities of fully customizable AI Assistants for businesses from Meta! (Not the silly celebrity chats; those are a waste of space, IMHO! Haha!) But the biggest news in Zuckerberg's Reel was the MASSIVE amount of processors Meta is investing in for the development of AI: 600,000!! That's about $18 billion worth, apparently. And, although the total number of processors hat OpenAI used to train GPT-4 is not publicly known for certain, it's thought to be around 20-25k. Compare that to Meta's 600k. Staggering, right? Wowzers. Things are really heating up on the AI frontiers, yes? I'd love to hear your thoughts on all this. [Join the conversation about Meta's AI developments on my Facebook Page](. See also [this post]( in my Social Scoop group discussing all the tools, projects and resources AI-related. And see these [fun Bengal cats baking a chocolate cake](=) for me - 'how I spent my weekend.' Haha! [Just playing with MS Bing Image Creator from Designer powered by DALL•E. Pretty much the same output as Chat-GPT4 with DALL•E. Btw, I'm just waiting for DALL•E to hook up with Meta's Llama so we can have the Dalai Lama create our images, right?! 🤣] Feel free to add your image creations in the comments on my [cat post](). 😹 Facebook Ad Services - UPDATE The other week I wrote to you about Facebook Ad services -- looking to see who in my community offers such services and also who might be seeking support with their ads. We were overwhelmed with responses! Please bear with me as my team is currently compiling all the poll answers and emails we received. I'll keep you posted with an update ASAP. You're welcome to reach out to me anytime. You can reply to this email. Plus, come connect with your fellow marketers in my wonderfully supportive [Social Scoop Facebook Community](). That's all for now. Cheers 'til the next time! Mari Smith CEO, Mari Smith International, Inc. Premier Facebook Marketing Expert Top Social Media Thought Leader Author, The New Relationship Marketing P.S. I'll be in San Diego to speak at the annual [Social Media Marketing World conference](. 🏝 See you there if you're going! (And see you in the Facebook Group if you're attending virtually!). If you have any questions or feedback, you can reply directly to this email. If you prefer not to receive any emails from me, click to [Unsubscribe]( from all communications, including my Social Scoop newsletter. Mari Smith International, Inc. 1467 Siskiyou Blvd #7 Ashland, Oregon 97520 United States (858) 215-3001 Manage how we communicate with you, [update your preferences]( anytime.