Apple Loses Top Robotics AI Researcher Jian Zhang to Meta
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Apple's lead AI robotics researcher, Jian Zhang, has defected to Meta, the latest high-profile exit in a talent war fueled by Apple's internal turmoil.The post Apple Loses Top Robotics AI Researcher Jian Zhang to Meta appeared first on WinBuzzer.
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Meta Stock Drops On News It Used Taylor Swift As Chatbot Without Permission
Riley Gutiérrez McDermid / gizmodo - Some adult-oriented bots even produced photorealistic pictures of the celebrities in lingerie or a bathtub.
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Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users
Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - After a bombshell report on Meta allowing its AI chatbots to have sensual chats with minors, the company is updating its policies.
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Meta’s AI Lab in Turmoil as ChatGPT Co-Creator Threatened to Quit Shortly After Joining
Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Shengjia Zhao, a co-creator of ChatGPT, threatened to quit Meta just days after joining, forcing the company to name him Chief Scientist to prevent his exit.The post Meta’s AI Lab in Turmoil as ChatGPT Co-Creator Threatened to Quit Shortly After Joining a…
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Meta is experimenting with long-form text on Threads
Karissa Bell / engadget - Meta seems to be working on ways for Threads users to share long-form writing within a single post. Several users have reported seeing a new "attach text" feature on the service, which allows them to embed large chunks of text within a single post.The fea…
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Meta’s superintelligence bet shows cracks as researchers exit
Maria Garcia / implicator - Meta's $100M talent raid hits structural problems as eight researchers exit Superintelligence Labs in two months. Key hires boomerang back to OpenAI within weeks, while longtime veterans abandon ship. Money can't solve organizational chaos.
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Meta to spend tens of millions on pro-AI super PAC
Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - Meta's new PAC, dubbed Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California, signals an intent to influence statewide elections, including the next governor’s race in 2026.
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Trump: Meta’s Louisiana Data Center’s $50B Price Tag
President Trump has weighed in on Meta’s colossal Louisiana data center project, claiming a staggering $50 billion price tag. The comments have drawn incredulous stares from industry watchers who wonder if the tech giant is really investing that much or just throwing numbers around to spice up its expansion plans.
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Meta is licensing Midjourney's AI image and video tech
Mariella Moon / engadget - Meta has signed a partnership with Midjourney, an AI service that can generate images and videos from text prompts. According to Alexandr Wang, Meta's Chief AI Officer, Meta is licensing Midjourney's "aesthetic technology" for its future models and produc…
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Meta partners with Midjourney on AI image and video models
Maxwell Zeff / techcrunch - Meta's Chief AI Officer said that the company is partnering with Midjourney to license its AI image and video model technology.
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Meta reportedly inks $10B+ cloud deal with Google
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Meta Platforms Inc. has reportedly signed a cloud deal with Google LLC that will be worth more than $10 billion over six years. Sources told Reuters on Thursday that the agreement encompasses servers, storage, networking and “other services.” The deal com…
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Apple Loses Another Key AI Leader to Meta's Superintelligence Labs
Tim Hardwick / macrumors - Apple has had yet another AI executive poached by Meta, despite reports that the social networking company is slowing hiring (via Bloomberg).Frank Chu, one of Apple's team leaders focused on cloud infrastructure, training, and search, will join Meta's Sup…
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Google scores six-year Meta cloud deal worth over $10 billion
cnbc - Alphabet and Meta compete in online advertising, but Meta needs more data center infrastructure as it pursues artificial intelligence growth.
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Meta Hits Pause on AI Hiring as Reorgs and Costs Bite
Marcus Schuler / implicator - Meta abruptly froze AI hiring after offering researchers packages up to $1.5 billion, ending a months-long talent war. The move follows investor warnings about soaring compensation costs and questions about AI returns across the industry.
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Entergy Greenlights Gas Plant Build for Meta Data Center
Entergy has received regulatory approval to invest in new gas plants powering Meta’s Louisiana data center, keeping the digital juggernaut’s lights on amid ever-growing energy demands. The nod paves the way for infrastructure enhancements designed to ensure continuous operation—because nothing says “robust tech” like a steady gas supply.
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Former Meta employee claims ad metrics were manipulated
A former Meta insider has accused the company of artfully inflating its ecommerce ad metrics, leaving advertisers questioning the integrity of performance data. These allegations suggest that internal practices may have misled marketing partners—a claim that adds an extra twist to the ongoing narrative around tech transparency.
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Meta’s AI Team Reorganized—Again
Jon Swartz / techstrong - Meta Platforms Inc. is reshuffling its artificial intelligence (AI) team yet again—the fourth time in six months—to “accelerate” its pursuit of so-called superintelligence. The company is expected to quarter its new AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (M…
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Meta is shaking up its AI org, again
Connie Loizos, Russell Brandom / techcrunch - On Friday, The Information reported that Meta was preparing to tear down its existing AI org and reorganize it into four new groups. Four days later, the change has been made official with an internal memo.
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Meta’s AI translation tool can dub your Instagram videos
Emma Roth / theverge - Meta is bringing its AI translation tool to more users on Facebook and Instagram, which automatically dubs your reels into another language. The feature also uses AI to make its dub match up with the sound of your voice and the movement of your mouth. For…
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Texas AG to investigate Meta and Character.AI over 'misleading' mental health claims
Ian Carlos Campbell / engadget - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data collected from underage users.Paxton says that AI chatbots …
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