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 is seeking to raise "tens of billions of dollars" in new capital to fund its artificial intelligence initiatives, according to a Financial Times report. The fundraising effort comes just days aft…
Meta is considering a major equity raising to fund its artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to a Financial Times report. The potential capital raise would support the company's significan…
Technology companies cut 38,242 U.S. jobs in May 2026, the highest monthly total for the sector since August 2024, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The year-to-date total of 123,653 tech job…
Reverse engineering of Meta’s AI glasses companion app, internally called Stella, has revealed a complete face recognition system that detects faces, generates 2048-dimensional biometric fingerprints,…
Meta is constructing six massive weatherproof tent structures near New Albany, Ohio, each spanning 125,000 square feet, to house GPU clusters for AI compute. The "rapid deployment structures" cut trad…
A new AI glossary published June 4, 2026 on 0xdf.gitlab.io defines core terminology for practitioners, distinguishing frontier AI labs, open weight labs, models, clients, and initiatives. The glossary…
Meta embedded unreleased face-recognition code, internally named "NameTag," into the Meta AI app used with Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, according to a WIRED code review. The code, added as early …
A journalist recreated memes shared by Google employees to protect sources who criticized the company's AI product internally. The reporter chose to rebuild the images from scratch rather than repost …
Elon Musk will take SpaceX public next week at a valuation of approximately $1.77 trillion, a move that positions him to become the world’s first trillionaire. The IPO is part of a broader push by Mus…
Meta is allowing its U.S. employees to pause the company's keystroke logging and screen monitoring software for up to 30 minutes at a time, following an internal revolt over the Model Capability Initi…
Meta has been actively developing a facial recognition tool called "NameTag" for its Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, according to code found inside the Meta AI app and reviewed by Wired. The feature…
Nvidia’s net income surged 2,900% over three years, climbing from $4.37 billion in fiscal 2023 to $120 billion in fiscal 2026, driven almost entirely by AI demand. The chipmaker reported $58.321 billi…
Meta is shifting its business model to aggressively pursue subscription revenue, launching paid plans across its apps and AI services to help fund a projected $145 billion AI capital expenditure budge…
Platforms like Gmail, Meta, and payment networks like Visa and Mastercard routinely analyze user data for advertising, AI training, and fraud detection, often buried in lengthy terms of service agreem…
A growing number of Indian AI researchers in Silicon Valley are seeking to return to India, driven by U.S. layoffs and tightening immigration policies under the Trump administration. Indian startups a…
A growing backlash against artificial intelligence, including papal warnings, protests against data centers, and boos at commencement speeches, has not convinced a majority of economists that the tech…
Attackers used Meta's AI customer support agent to steal Instagram accounts by simply asking the agent to link accounts to email addresses they controlled. The hack demonstrates that unsophisticated e…
Attackers exploited Meta's AI customer support agent in June to hijack Instagram accounts, including the dormant Obama White House account, by simply asking the agent to link the accounts to attacker-…
Major tech firms and AI labs are pulling back on internal AI usage after rapid adoption drove unexpected cost spikes, with Uber burning through its entire 2026 AI coding-tools budget in four months, a…
Google, Meta, and Mozilla are collaborating on a W3 specification to add browser-level features for tracking ad impressions, clicks, and conversions. The proposed system would route data through ad ne…