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).
SemiAnalysis projects Meta will hold more AI compute capacity than OpenAI or Anthropic by end of 2026, driven by multi-gigawatt datacenters and a $14.3 billion Scale AI stake. The firm also predicts M…
Meta announced Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI model designed for agentic tasks, with improvements in computer use, coding, and multimodal understanding. The model, released by Meta's Superintelligenc…
Meta released Muse Spark 1.1, a new AI model specializing in agentic tasks, outperforming Anthropic's Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on four benchmarks. CEO Mark Zuckerberg promoted the model as a chea…
A rare bacteria was discovered in a Wyoming city's water supply, traced to wastewater from an under-construction Meta AI data center, raising public health concerns.…
Washington lifted the 19-day ban on Fable 5, setting a precedent for structured pre-approval of AI models. OpenAI floated a proposal for frontier labs to give the U.S. government a 5% stake, sparking …
Meta announced Wednesday it will invest more than $9.1 billion to build its first AI data center in Canada, located in Sturgeon County, Alberta, making it the company's largest such facility outside t…
Google announced a new feature that labels ads created or edited with AI in its My Ad Center, visible on Google Search, Google Discover, and YouTube. The label is automatically applied to ads made wit…
Europe's AI strategy relies on open-weight models from China and the US, but access to these models is being restricted by Beijing, Washington, and private labs, leaving the continent without a viable…
Meta plans to start manufacturing its Iris AI chip in September 2026, working with Broadcom on design and TSMC on manufacturing, as part of a push to expand compute capacity from 7 gigawatts in 2026 t…
Meta is investing $13 billion in a Canadian AI data center in Alberta, creating thousands of jobs, while a Meta data center project in Wyoming contaminated local water with a rare, potentially deadly …
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the company is exploring an AI cloud business to rent out its massive AI compute capacity, potentially competing with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Googl…
Meta is internally debating whether to keep the privacy LED off during the always-on AI 'super sensing' mode on its upcoming smart glasses, which would continuously capture images and audio for AI ana…
Meta is debating whether to keep the privacy LED off for always-on 'super sensing' AI glasses that would capture images every few seconds and use continuous audio for Meta AI, according to Financial T…
Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI model for agentic coding, on Thursday to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic. The model costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output to…
Meta Platforms will begin manufacturing its in-house AI chip, code-named Iris, in September, according to an internal memo. The chip, designed with Broadcom and fabricated by TSMC, is part of Meta's M…
Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1, its first paid AI model, and a commercial API to compete with Anthropic and OpenAI in the AI coding market. The closed-source model, priced at $1.25 per million input tok…
Meta's AI division, Meta Superintelligence (MSL), has made significant progress in the past year following a rebuild after the Llama 4 failure, with advantages in data, talent, and compute that positi…
A developer compared 26 AI models across cost, quality, and speed, revealing that intelligent routing can cut AI bills by up to 90%. The guide categorizes models into three tiers: free local models, c…
OpenAI merged its Codex AI coding tool into the ChatGPT desktop app and introduced a Work setting, aiming to create a super app for professionals. The company also released its GPT-5.6 model family as…
Meta plans to design its own AI chips starting in September under the internal project "Iris," aiming to reduce dependence on Nvidia and cut costs amid strained supply chains. The social media giant i…