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 forced roughly 6,500 engineers into a new unit called Agent Data Optimization to manufacture training data for AI models, a move employees describe as soul-crushing and liken to a gulag. The invo…
Researchers from Princeton University, Together AI, Meta, Colfax Research, NVIDIA, and Georgia Tech introduced FlashAttention-4, an algorithm and kernel co-design that optimizes attention for Blackwel…
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani announced at Reliance Industries' annual shareholder meeting that the conglomerate is rolling out AI services for phone calls, mobile apps, and connected homes, including Jio…
Sovereign AI is shifting from a software model race to a supply chain security issue, as governments and companies worry about access to frontier AI models. The real challenge lies in securing the ent…
Policymakers in Washington are considering regulating or banning open source AI, a move that would be a grave mistake according to experts. Open source software, which underpins over 90% of the world'…
China has tightened export checks on indium, a critical material for AI semiconductor production, causing 6-inch InP wafer prices to surge 250% since early 2025. The move, leveraging China's 70% contr…
Filmmaker Spike Jonze warned that AI chatbots designed to mimic human behavior are 'manipulative' and dangerous, speaking at Replit's Vibecon conference. Jonze, whose 2013 film 'Her' depicted a human-…
Disney is launching a beta AI tool in July that generates TV ads, including scripts, video, and music, targeting small and medium advertisers. The move comes as consumer backlash against AI-generated …
General Atlantic is in talks to lead a funding round for Kling AI, the video arm of Chinese tech group Kuaishou, at an $18 billion valuation. The deal faces political risks as Beijing has instructed C…
Meta has signed new deals with data-centre developer Crusoe to secure approximately 1.6 gigawatts of computing capacity across two sites in Texas and Missouri, as part of its massive infrastructure bu…
Meta released Pyrefly 1.0, a fast Python linter and type checker for PyTorch and Django projects. Python 3.15 introduces a sampling profiler for efficient code instrumentation. A new malware called Ha…
A new website called In the Weights reveals which individuals are encoded in the weights of large language models, assigning a strength score based on how prominently a person appears in models like M…
Meta's Advantage+ Shopping Campaigns (ASC) report a single blended ROAS that often overstates true value by mixing new and returning customers and relying on Meta's own attribution. To measure ASC cau…
Uber, Meta, and Amazon have imposed caps on employee AI tool usage after costs skyrocketed, with Uber burning through its entire 2026 AI budget in four months. The restrictions follow widespread overu…
Meta employees are revolting against CEO Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive push into artificial intelligence, with some describing the work environment as 'the gulag.' The internal backlash highlights grow…
Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Uber are cutting costs on internal AI tools as token prices rise, while major AI providers reportedly seek government bailout discussions amid market skittishness over the…
OpenAI demonstrated that reinforcement learning focused on beneficial traits like honesty and reliability produces AI alignment that generalizes across domains and withstands adversarial attacks. The …
The Trump administration forced Anthropic to take its most advanced AI models offline after an export control directive, sparking a dispute over unspoken rules. The White House accuses Anthropic of re…
Meta launched Meta Business Agent on June 3, 2026, an AI service enabling businesses to automate customer interactions across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram, including booking appointments and com…
Turing Award winner Yann LeCun told Bloomberg that large language models will become largely obsolete within five years, arguing that scaling text-based AI cannot achieve human-level intelligence. LeC…