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).
TorchRec's KeyedJaggedTensor, designed to efficiently combine sparse features in recommendation systems without padding, introduces GPU-CPU synchronization that degrades system performance. The data t…
The Oversight Board has criticized Meta for unwarranted account bans, stating that hundreds of user public comments reveal a systemic problem with the company's enforcement practices. The board's find…
Seeking Alpha estimated in an investing column that Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Google, and Amazon are committing roughly $600 billion to $700 billion or more to AI and related infrastructure. The…
Google has quietly laid off employees in its cloud division over the past two weeks, including staff in its Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant cybersecurity unit, according to two people familiar …
Prathamesh S. launched a Leanpub book titled 'My Adventures with Large Language Models' that teaches readers to build five LLM architectures from scratch in PyTorch, including GPT-2, Llama 3.2, and De…
Meta has delayed the release of an API for its Muse Spark AI model, leaving developers without access two months after the model's April launch. The company initially promised the API would arrive "so…
Hackers exploited a flaw in Meta’s AI-powered customer support chatbot to take over Instagram accounts by adding a new email address through the bot. The exploit, described as "remarkably simple," all…
Code for an unreleased facial recognition feature called "NameTag" was discovered in Meta's AI app, according to a Wired report. The feature, which is not currently enabled or available to customers, …
Broadcom shares plunged over 13% in after-hours trading on June 3, wiping out more than $250 billion in market value, after the company's third-quarter AI chip revenue forecast of $16 billion fell sho…
A security researcher discovered that Meta's smart glasses companion app, Stella, contains a fully functional on-device facial recognition pipeline, including three face models, a local database, and …
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched the Meta Business Agent and Meta Business Agent Platform at the Conversations 2026 event in London on June 3, providing businesses with AI-powered tools that operate …
Meta has constructed six tent-like "rapid deployment structures" outside New Albany, Ohio, to house AI data centers, cutting construction time in half by borrowing tactics from Tesla and xAI. The 125,…
Signal, DuckDuckGo, and other privacy-focused companies are threatening to exit the Canadian market rather than comply with Bill C-22, proposed federal legislation that would require electronic servic…
Meta has quietly embedded face-recognition code for its smart glasses into the Meta AI app, which has been downloaded over 50 million times, according to a WIRED analysis. The feature, internally call…
Meta launched Creator Assistant, a conversational AI tool built into Facebook’s creator dashboard that analyzes performance data and explains why content succeeds, rolling out to creators in the US, C…
AI music startup Suno raised $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation, signaling investor confidence that AI-generated music will become a mainstream industry. The company's technology can produce con…
Meta launched a new AI creator assistant on Facebook on Thursday, providing personalized recommendations on posting times, content ideas, and performance analysis based on individual creator data. The…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that employees will receive 30-minute breaks from the company's keylogging surveillance system, which monitors staff activity to train artificial intelligence. The p…
Top AI executives including OpenAI's Sam Altman, Anthropic's Dario Amodei, and Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis signed a public letter urging Congress to enact laws requiring synthetic DNA sellers and…
Tech companies laid off 38,242 workers in May, the highest monthly total in nearly two years, while simultaneously planning a 77% increase in AI infrastructure spending to $725 billion this year. Empl…