Meta’s AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
Prices for “critical components” are surging because of massive data center investments.
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200 Jobs Vanished the Same Day Meta Shipped Its $14 Billion AI. The Savings? 2.5% of the Bill.
The math nobody ran on Meta’s most expensive bet — and what it means if you work in tech.Continue reading on Towards AI »
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Meta’s new model is Muse Spark, and meta.ai chat has some interesting tools
Meta announced Muse Spark today, their first model release since Llama 4 almost exactly a year ago. It’s hosted, not open weights, and the API is currently “a private API preview to select users”, but you can try it out today on meta.ai (Facebook …
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A jury says Meta and Google hurt a kid. What now?
Today on Decoder, we’re talking about the landmark social media addiction trials that just resulted in two major verdicts against Big Tech. There’s one case in New Mexico against Meta, and another in California against both companies, which have said they plan to appeal. These are complicated cases with some huge repercussions for both how […]
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Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota
Meta’s upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.
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Meta’s own supervisory body warns that Community Notes are no match for AI disinformation
Meta’s Oversight Board has examined the planned global expansion of Community Notes. Its conclusion: the system is too slow, too thinly staffed, and vulnerable to manipulation, especially given the growing flood of AI-generated disinformation….
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Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook
Meta is using generative AI to provide more product and brand information to consumers when they’re shopping in its apps.