Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Apple, Highlighting Meta's AI Ambitions

'We Are A Big Company Now' Zuckerberg Takes A Dig On Apple Over Rival AIs: 'They Wanted To Put Us In A Box'

In an Interview with Bloomberg, remarking on Apple's rejection of AI partnership on iPhone deals, Mark Zuckerberg stated that, "They wanted to put us in a box because they view us as competitive.' He added, "We are a big company now and one of the things I have resolved is that for the next generation of technology, I want us to build and have more control over the next set of platforms that we are going to build." He further said in the interview that "I think AI is a critical one, besides AR and VR," Responding to the question as to why Meta over ChatGPT, Zuckerberg quipped that there are a bunch of things where Meta AI is better. He remarked that Meta is soon rolling out "the ability to like imagine stuff" The world's third richest billionaire further remarked on his projection that "by the end of the year Meta AI be the most used AI assistant in the world." In another interview with Rowan Cheung, Meta's co-founder and boss, Mark Zuckerberg, predicted that the world will be brimming with billions of personalized AI agents. Zuckerberg believes that content creators will be able to train their bots by pulling all the information from social media and training them to basically be their influencer clones. These AI clones will interact with the creator's fans and the community at large, while they get to spend some quality me-time. Meanwhile, Zuckerberg introduced a new Meta AI feature that takes a 3D portrait of the user and transforms them into whatever the user prompts. Demonstrating the unique feature on his Instagram reel, Zuckerberg prompted the Meta AI to transform himself into a gladiator and sure did the AI spit out a dashing gladiator resembling Zuck. He further prompted the AI to generate himself a) in a boy band, b) donning a huge gold chain, c) as a streetwear designer, and d) in an action game with a blue outfit. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) See Also: Mark Zuckerberg Predicts Fans Will Be Able To Interact With AI Celebrities 24/7 See Also: Mark Zuckerberg And Priscilla Chan's Next Project Will End Every Known Disease By 2100 With The Help Of AI See Also: AI-Based Robots Can Achieve Complex Surgeries With Perfection, Says Mark Zuckerberg See Also: Microsoft's Scary New AI Speech Tool Is So Realistic That They Are Not Releasing It Publicly See Also: Meta Launches Its AI The 'LLaMA' ; Mark Zuckerberg Has Finally Something Better Than The Metaverse See Also: Will Smith, Eminem And Other Celebs Hug Their Younger Selves In This AI Video; Netizens Are Both Amused And Horrified

Mark Zuckerberg Slams Tim Cook's Apple After Cupertino Reportedly Rejected Its iPhone AI Partnership Proposal: 'They Wanted To Put Us In A Box...' - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)

In an interview on Tuesday, Meta Platforms, Inc. META CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticized Apple Inc. AAPL saying he wants to avoid the iPhone maker's "soul-crushing" tactics by releasing the largest open-source AI model ever. What Happened: In a conversation with Emily Chang on The Circuit, Zuckerberg expressed his aspiration to steer his own technological "destiny" and evade the "soul-crushing" strategies of Apple. "It is somewhat soul-crushing to go build something that you think is going to be good and then just get told by Apple you can't ship it because they wanted to put us in a box because they view us as competitive," Zuckerberg said. See Also: Elon Musk Says Google Co-Founder And One Of His 'Best Friends' Larry Page Thought Eventually We Will All 'Upload Our Minds To The Computer' He also said that Meta has now grown into a large corporation and he wishes for it to exert more control over the next generation of technology. "I want us to build and have more control over the next set of platforms that we are going to build," he stated. Subscribe to the Benzinga Tech Trends newsletter to get all the latest tech developments delivered to your inbox. Why It Matters: Zuckeberg's latest comments follow reports about Apple's rejection of Meta's proposal to integrate its AI chatbot, Llama, into the iPhone. The decision was made reportedly due to concerns over Meta's privacy practices. In June, at WWDC 2024, Apple announced the partnership with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The tech giant has also indicated plans to offer Google Gemini in the future. Moreover, the Tim Cook-led company is reportedly in talks with AI startup Anthropic about potentially adding its chatbot as an option. Check out more of Benzinga's Consumer Tech coverage by following this link. Read Next: CrowdStrike Issues Statement Following Massive Outage That Stemmed From Content Update For Windows Hosts: 'This Was Not A Cyberattack' Disclaimer: This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors. Photos courtesy: Shutterstock and Flickr Market News and Data brought to you by Benzinga APIs