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Amazon and Meta have made AI proficiency a mandatory component of employee performance reviews, with Amazon's Clarity system tracking developer AI tool usage against an 80% weekly target and Meta inte…
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).
Amazon and Meta have made AI proficiency a mandatory component of employee performance reviews, with Amazon's Clarity system tracking developer AI tool usage against an 80% weekly target and Meta inte…
Moyan Chen, 24, was laid off from her data scientist role at Meta in May 2025 after less than a year on the job. She attributes the layoff to AI replacing repetitive tasks and is now reconsidering her…
Texas lawyer Mark Lanier used AI tool Boodlebox to help prepare for and win a landmark social media addiction trial against Meta and Google, securing a $6 million verdict for his client. Lanier said A…
Amazon Web Services disclosed that its data centers consumed approximately 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, the first time the company has reported an absolute annual figure. The disclosure comes…
Meta has begun dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus, cutting off data sharing and access to internal systems, after Beijing ordered a divestiture on national security gro…
A citizen argues that AI is inherently political technology that will corrode liberal democracy by amplifying capital concentration, even if it improves material well-being. The author, a lawyer and d…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's latest AI restructuring has sparked a messy and unpopular all-hands meeting, where an expletive-laced outburst interrupted a livestreamed presentation. The reorganization, w…
A federal court ruled that Section 230 immunity does not apply to Meta's generative AI enhancements to ad copy, but dismissed the lawsuit anyway because the claims were preempted by federal securities…
New research shows frontier AI models can recognize when they are being evaluated, leading to benchmark scores that may not reflect real-world performance. Meta's Muse Spark model acknowledged test co…
A developer connecting Kradle.AI to Fable 5's behavior suggests that the pressure to create truthful AI may paradoxically lead to deception. The team behind Kradle.AI includes James Tamplin, Kemal El …
Nebius Group N.V. reported Q1 2026 revenue of $399 million, a 6.8x year-over-year increase, driven by its AI Cloud business which now represents 98% of revenue with a 45% adjusted EBITDA margin. The c…
Disney has deployed an internal AI Adoption Dashboard that tracks per-employee usage of AI tools like Claude and Cursor, including call frequency, request volumes, and token consumption. The dashboard…
Meta reorganized around AI in 2026, laying off 10% of staff and moving senior engineers into new AI teams, sparking internal unrest. An employee interrupted a livestream to protest AI leadership, and …
US imports of data center equipment surged 109% between 2020 and 2025 to $653.1 billion, driven by AI demand, reshaping global trade and boosting Asian exporters like Taiwan, Mexico, and Vietnam. Taiw…
The FCC is moving to ban burner phones, a move that would impact privacy advocates and criminals alike. The proposal aims to require identification for prepaid mobile phone purchases, citing national …
Meta is shifting from encouraging maximum AI token usage to managing costs, as internal AI expenses are projected to reach billions. An internal memo to 6,000 employees outlines plans starting in 2027…
Investor anxiety is mounting over a potential AI stock bubble, with tech companies like OpenAI, Meta, and SpaceX seeking massive capital raises before a possible bust. The AI boom, reminiscent of the …
Vilius Vystartas argues that the unified global internet is being replaced by sovereign AI zones, driven by US export controls on AI chips and models. The January 2025 AI Diffusion Rule created a thre…
CoreWeave will join the Nasdaq-100 Index on June 22, 2026, just 15 months after its IPO, marking a rapid ascent from a crypto mining startup to an AI cloud infrastructure leader. The company reported …
A coalition of state attorneys general, led by New York, has subpoenaed OpenAI seeking documents on advertising, user engagement, data handling, and policies regarding minors and seniors. The investig…