Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) is a technology company that develops the open-source Llama series of large language models, alongside AI research at Meta AI (formerly FAIR).
Meta has launched a new update and marketing campaign to address backlash against its smart glasses, which have been nicknamed 'pervert glasses' for enabling non-consensual filming. The update ensures…
Meta's plan to replace human staff with artificial intelligence has collapsed under operational reality, according to an investigation, forcing a retreat from automation goals. The report highlights g…
Tencent released a preview of a new open-source AI model on Friday, targeting software engineering, research, and financial analysis tasks, and made it available on Hugging Face. The company did not d…
Meta is testing robots from Watney Robotics, Kinova, and ABB to perform tasks such as plugging in cables, resetting servers, and power cycling inside its data centers, according to current and former …
IBM filed a patent for a system that links brain signals to search and retrieval, recording neural activity alongside environmental context to allow users to later search and retrieve both the event a…
The European Union's AI Act enforcement began Aug. 2, with new transparency and disclosure requirements for chatbots and AI-generated content now in effect, and the EU AI Office can request informatio…
Meta has detailed MTIA 300, its first in-house accelerator optimized for training ranking and recommendation models, integrating networking and collective communication directly into the chip to addre…
Meta is reportedly considering a $10 billion investment in Anthropic to secure access to its Claude AI models and research expertise, according to an analysis of the strategic move. The deal would pai…
Meta's AI-optimized data centers use closed-loop liquid cooling, which recirculates a water-glycol mixture through heat exchangers, to efficiently cool GPU servers, reducing water usage to less than t…
Meta is updating its AI-powered smart glasses to close a loophole that allowed wearers to keep recording after covering the front-facing LED, with the camera now stopping if the light is covered durin…
Chinese AI company Z.ai has confirmed that the anonymous 'Ox Alpha' model that topped OpenRouter's popularity charts last week is its new GLM-5.3-Flash, an open-weight model now available across offic…
OpenAI is developing a persistent, always-on version of its coding agent Codex, according to code spotted by Wired in OpenAI's GitHub repository. The new 'Persistent mode' would let the agent work con…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith joined a virtual town hall on AI data centre development Thursday, as the Opposition NDP called for a moratorium on new approvals until stricter rules are in place. The …
PyTorch Conference North America 2026, scheduled for October 20–21 in San Jose, CA, will feature Core PyTorch sessions covering compiler and runtime internals, distributed communication, device portab…
Meta and TikTok have settled separate child safety lawsuits, with Meta agreeing to a $17 billion settlement and product changes in response to a lawsuit brought by 47 U.S. states, and TikTok agreeing …
Reuters reports that Meta's leadership decided in January to reduce team sizes by 60%, planning the company's largest-ever layoffs, a move attributed to AI-driven efficiency. The decision reflects a b…
Meta has agreed to pay $18 billion over ten years and implement sweeping child-safety changes, including a two-hour daily time limit for minors on Instagram and Facebook, to settle a lawsuit brought b…
Meta's internal memo reveals its new AI agent, 'Project Hatch,' can book restaurant tables, order food, DJ, and access Instagram, positioning it as a personal agent that works autonomously on users' b…
Meta removed four Facebook accounts and 31 Instagram accounts linked to an Iran-based operation that used AI to impersonate Americans and post about U.S. politics, attracting roughly 79,400 followers.…
OpenAI is developing a 'Persistent mode' for its Codex AI agent that would let the agent continue working until put to sleep, according to code changes reviewed by WIRED. The feature, confirmed by Ope…