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‘It’s Undignified’: Hundreds of Workers Training Meta’s AI Could Be Laid Off
Over 700 workers employed by a Meta contractor in Ireland who train the company's AI models face potential layoffs. The...
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China Moves to Block Meta’s $2B Acquisition of AI Startup
China is moving to block Meta's $2 billion acquisition of an AI startup, reflecting escalating tensions between the...
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China blocks Meta’s $2B Manus deal after months-long probe
China has blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of Manus, ordering the company to unwind the deal after a months-long...
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Meta wants to power AI data centers with solar energy from space
Meta has signed a deal with startup Overview Energy to secure up to 1 gigawatt of space-based solar power to support...
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Startups & FundingMeta
China blocks Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus
China has blocked Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, ordering the unwinding of the already completed...
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Research & PapersMeta
Meta AI Releases Sapiens2: A High-Resolution Human-Centric Vision Model for Pose, Segmentation, Normals, Pointmap, and Albedo
Meta AI has released Sapiens2, a foundation model for human-centric vision tasks that achieves state-of-the-art...
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Startups & FundingMeta
Meta’s loss is Thinking Machines’ gain
Meta has been recruiting talent from Thinking Machines Lab, though the relationship appears reciprocal with talent and...
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In another wild turn for AI chips, Meta signs deal for millions of Amazon AI CPUs
Meta has secured a significant agreement with Amazon to purchase millions of custom-designed CPUs for AI agentic...
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Startups & FundingMeta
Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff
Meta is laying off approximately 10 percent of its workforce (8,000 employees) in May while closing 6,000 open roles....
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Now Meta will track what employees do on their computers to train its AI agents
Meta is installing a monitoring tool called Model Capability Initiative (MCI) on US employees' computers to track their...
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Meta tracks US employees' clicks and keystrokes to train AI agents
Meta is deploying surveillance software on US employee computers that captures mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes...
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Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models
Meta has developed an internal tool that converts employee mouse movements and button clicks into training data for its...
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Always-on Ray-Ban Meta glasses powered by OpenClaw speed up everyday tasks in new study
A research team developed an OpenClaw agent for Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to study how continuously perceiving AI...
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Zuckerberg reportedly trades headcount for compute as Meta readies to cut 10 percent of its workforce to fund AI infrastructure
Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 jobs (10% of workforce) on May 20, with plans for further layoffs totaling over 20%...
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Beijing brands Meta's Manus acquisition as "conspiratorial" and bars founders from leaving China
China's National Security Commission has condemned Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus as a...
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Startups & FundingMeta
Meta, Broadcom Agree to Mega-Deal to Co-Develop AI Chips
Meta and Broadcom have agreed to co-develop AI chips together, representing one of several strategic partnerships major...
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Ethics & RegulationMeta
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
Over 70 organizations including the ACLU and EPIC have warned Meta about privacy and safety risks posed by facial...
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Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly building an AI clone to replace him in meetings
Meta is training an AI clone of Mark Zuckerberg using his image, voice, mannerisms, and public statements to interact...
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Meta AI and KAUST Researchers Propose Neural Computers That Fold Computation, Memory, and I/O Into One Learned Model
Meta AI and KAUST researchers have proposed Neural Computers (NCs), a novel architecture where neural networks function...
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