Zuckerberg claims superintelligence is near and will empower individuals
"Building a free society requires that we aim to empower people as much as possible"
Layoffs surge in tech: More than 100,000 jobs cut in 2025 so far
From over-hiring to AI obsessions: Intel, Microsoft, Meta lead the cuts
Big quote: As Frank Herbert writes in Dune, "Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
Meta builds wristband that can control devices with a flick of the wrist
The technology uses electromyography to measure muscle activity by detecting electrical signals sent from the brain to muscle fibers
AI talent war escalates: Meta's $1.25 billion offer rejected by top researcher
In Silicon Valley, AI researchers now earn like Fortune 500 CEOs
WhatsApp is dropping its native Windows app in favor of a web-based version
Meta's billion-dollar strategy: give Windows users a worse app
How a few online users make the internet – and humanity – look worse than they are
The loudest voices aren't the most common
Meta to invest over $60B in AI data centers, starting with 'Prometheus' in Ohio
Massive AI expansion includes new data centers and elite talent hires
In Silicon Valley's AI war, top researchers now command multi-million dollar paychecks
Meta and OpenAI escalate battle for top AI talent
Bottom line: The competition for artificial intelligence talent in Silicon Valley has reached a fever pitch, with tech giants Meta and OpenAI locked in a high-stakes battle to recruit and retain the industry's brightest minds. This rivalry is reshaping not only compensation norms but also the culture and priorities of AI research teams across the sector.
Facebook wants to access your camera roll for Meta AI photo suggestions
Camera roll media will be uploaded to Meta's servers on an "ongoing basis"
A hot potato: The issue of user content being used to train AI is a controversial one. Meta has been doing it with publicly available data for a while now, but its latest move is causing even more outcry: Facebook is asking for access to users' camera rolls so Meta AI can offer suggested edits to photos that haven't been uploaded.
Meta is offering up to $100 million to lure AI talent, says OpenAI's Sam Altman
Meta is reportedly offering $100 million signing bonuses and even more in per-year compensation
WhatsApp will start showing ads to users
Users who only need the chat feature won't see ads... for now
Character.AI and Meta "therapy" chatbots spark FTC complaint over unlicensed mental health advice
Mental health and digital rights groups call bots misleading and unsafe
Meta sues maker of Crush AI nudify app over Facebook and Instagram ads
Over 8,000 ads appeared in two weeks on Meta platforms
Meta invests $14.8 billion in Scale AI to accelerate superintelligence ambitions
Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang will lead a newly formed research lab at Meta
Meta and Yandex bypassed Android privacy to link anonymous web browsing to app users
Millions of Android users are discovering their online identities are not as private as they thought
A hot potato: For years, the privacy of Android users browsing the web has been quietly compromised by a sophisticated tracking method employed by two of the world's largest tech companies: Meta and Yandex. According to recent research, both companies have exploited legitimate browser-to-app communication protocols to covertly link anonymous web activity with the identities of users logged into native apps like Facebook, Instagram, and various Yandex services on Android devices.
Fake math-puzzle event becomes one of Facebook's most-viewed posts
Do you know the answer?
In a nutshell: There's a simple reason why you see so many baity Facebook posts that have headlines like "only for geniuses," or "only people with high IQs will get this": they attract a lot of engagement. One of them, for a fake competition that supposedly took place last year, has been one of the platform's most popular posts over the last 6 months.
AI will die "overnight" if copyright permission is enforced, says former Meta exec
You wouldn't steal a car, but tech companies should be free to do whatever they want with your content?
Which mobile app was the first to hit 1 billion active users?
Was it TikTok, WhatsApp, Facebook, or WeChat?
Meta, Spotify, and others unite to challenge the Apple-Google app store duopoly
The walled gardens will crumble if the new alliance has anything to say about it
CEO Satya Nadella says up to 30% of Microsoft's code is now written by AI
Both Zuckerberg and Nadella see AI taking over software development
Developer ports compact Llama 2 LLM to DOS in weekend hackathon
Unfortunately, the feat can only be accomplished on computers with 32-bit CPUs
The reality of today's tech industry: layoffs, long hours, AI threats, and few perks
Silicon Valley's not so hot anymore
In a nutshell: It had long been said that a career in tech was the ultimate dream: high salaries, security, and a huge number of perks made for some very happy workers. But things look quite different today. The tech world has seen the highest number of layoffs of any private sector industry this year; perks have been cut; salaries aren't increasing in line with the extra demands; and there's the constant spectre of AI.
Meta accused of allowing its chatbots to engage in sexually explicit chats
A Wall Street Journal investigation uncovers Meta AI bots' risky behavior with children
Meta expands Ray-Ban smart glasses with live translation, visual AI, and new frames
New frames keep Ray-Ban's classic style, update brings offline translation, visual search, and Instagram messaging