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US senators demand Meta probe over chatbot child safety concerns
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Meta to begin new round of employee lay off today

Meta will begin a new round of company-wide layoffs today while accelerating recruitment efforts for machine learning engineers, according to internal memos released on Friday Notices will be sent out to affected employees starting at 5 a.m. local time on Monday in most countries, including the United States, according to a memo from Janelle Gale, […]

Meta plans fourth AI overhaul in six months
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Meta launches program to study human-robot interaction at home

Meta has announced PARTNR, a new research initiative focused on human-robot interaction in home environments. The program explores how robots and humans can collaborate on everyday tasks such as cleaning, cooking, and receiving deliveries. For decades, automated housework has been a futuristic dream, famously embodied by Rosie the Robot from The Jetsons. However, aside from […]

Meta tests in-house AI chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia
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Meta partners with UNESCO on AI-Language initiative

Meta has announced a new collaboration with UNESCO to advance artificial intelligence (AI) by collecting speech recordings and transcriptions in diverse languages. The initiative called the Language Technology Partner Program, aims to enhance AI speech recognition and translation models, which Meta plans to make openly available. The program seeks partners capable of contributing over 10 […]

Meta expands Threads ads globally amid rising competition with X
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Meta’s Threads surges to 320m users amid growing popularity

Meta’s microblogging platform, Threads, is experiencing rapid growth, with users increasingly favoring the app over competitors like X. During Meta’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Threads now boasts 320 million monthly active users, up from 300 million in December and 275 million in November. While the month-over-month increase is modest, […]

Meta unveils John Cena, Kristen Bell, others as new AI voice clones
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Meta will maintain AI spending despite DeepSeek breakthrough – Zuckerberg

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated on Wednesday that it’s too early to assess the impact of DeepSeek’s breakthrough AI model on his company and the wider tech industry. However, he dismissed the idea that Meta’s AI spending would decrease, despite DeepSeek’s claims that advanced AI can be developed with significantly fewer resources and lower costs […]

US senators demand Meta probe over chatbot child safety concerns
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Meta offers creators cash to promote Instagram on TikTok, YouTube

Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on other short-form video platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, according to CNBC. With TikTok temporarily unavailable for download in the U.S., Meta is taking advantage of the opportunity to attract more users to Instagram, its flagship social media platform. Meta’s deals with creators require them […]

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Meta to invest $65bn in AI infrastructure, says Zuckerberg

Meta plans to invest up to $65 billion in 2025 to enhance its artificial intelligence infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday. The move aims to strengthen Meta’s position against competitors OpenAI and Google in the rapidly evolving AI technology landscape. The investment includes the development of a data center exceeding 2 gigawatts, large enough […]

Tech giant Meta has unveiled ambitious plans to construct some of the largest artificial intelligence data centres on the planet,
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Meta to invest $65bn on AI projects in 2025 – Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to invest up to $65 billion in artificial intelligence projects in 2025, including the construction of a massive new data center and expanding its AI workforce, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday. Meta plans to allocate the funds toward constructing a data center “so large it would cover a significant part […]

Ex-Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg sanctioned for deleting Cambridge emails
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Ex-Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg sanctioned for deleting Cambridge emails

A Delaware judge has sanctioned Meta Platforms’ former Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, for deleting emails related to the litigation over Facebook’s involvement in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Despite being instructed to preserve the messages, Sandberg was found to have used a personal account under a pseudonym to erase potentially crucial communications. The ruling, […]

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Meta courts TikTok creators with cash bonuses, deals

Meta has launched an aggressive campaign to attract TikTok creators to its platforms, offering financial incentives, content deals, and tools to grow their audiences. The company announced on Tuesday that eligible TikTok creators could earn up to $5,000 in bonuses over three months for posting Reels on Facebook and Instagram. In addition to bonuses, Meta […]

US senators demand Meta probe over chatbot child safety concerns
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Meta to maintain fact-checking outside US

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced plans to retain its fact-checking program outside the United States, though it may eventually roll out changes globally. The decision comes after Meta revealed earlier this month that it would replace U.S.-based fact-checkers with a community notes system, similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s […]