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Founded2004

Key PeopleMark Zuckerberg, Alexandr Wang

HeadquartersMenlo Park, USA

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Meta ditches Ray-Ban branding for new $299 AI smart glasses with Kylie Jenner collaboration

Meta has launched its first self-branded smart glasses lineup without Ray-Ban or Oakley logos, starting at $299. The new Meta Glasses include three distinct styles—Fury, Adventurer, and a Starfire Kylie Edition co-designed with Kylie Jenner. Powered by the Muse Spark AI model, these AI-enabled wearables undercut previous Ray-Ban Meta models by $80 while offering enhanced features like pedestrian navigation and live translation in 20 languages.

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Meta ditches Ray-Ban branding for new $299 AI smart glasses with Kylie Jenner collaboration

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Meta pauses employee tracking program after internal data leak exposes sensitive information

Meta has suspended its controversial Model Capability Initiative after an internal security breach exposed employee keystrokes, private conversations, and performance data to anyone inside the company. The AI training program, which launched in April to collect computer usage data, sparked immediate backlash from nearly 2,000 workers who warned about security risks that have now materialized.

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Meta pauses employee tracking program after internal data leak exposes sensitive information

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Meta signs AI computing deals with Crusoe for 1.6 gigawatts across Texas and Missouri sites

Meta has secured new agreements with data center developer Crusoe to obtain AI computing power at two facilities in Childress, Texas, and Warrenton, Missouri. The deals will provide roughly 1.6 gigawatts of capacity combined, underscoring how AI ambition is now measured in electricity rather than chips as tech giants race to lock in power for their AI infrastructure.

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Meta signs AI computing deals with Crusoe for 1.6 gigawatts across Texas and Missouri sites

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AI Agents Emerge as Big Tech's Next Product Battleground Worth $182.9 Billion by 2033

Meta unveiled Business Agent at its Conversations conference in London, marking a major shift in how Big Tech companies compete for control over customer interactions. The agentic AI market is projected to explode from $10.9 billion in 2026 to $182.9 billion by 2033, as Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Amazon race to embed autonomous customer service capabilities into their platforms.

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AI Agents Emerge as Big Tech's Next Product Battleground Worth $182.9 Billion by 2033

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Meta expands AI-powered advertising with Live Video Ads and affiliate tools across 3.5 billion users

Meta unveiled major updates at Cannes 2026 to transform how its 3.5 billion users discover and purchase products across Facebook and Instagram. The company is expanding Live Video Ads globally, introducing virtual cards for secure checkout, and making product data a core input across all Sales campaigns. New affiliate partnerships with Flipkart, Mercado Libre, and Lazada enable creators to earn commissions while Meta's AI automatically matches products with relevant audiences in real time.

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Meta expands AI-powered advertising with Live Video Ads and affiliate tools across 3.5 billion users

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Illinois poised to become first state banning smart glasses while driving

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is reviewing legislation that would make the state the first to ban wearing smart glasses while driving. The bill passed last month treats AI-powered wearables like cell phones under traffic laws, with fines up to $150 for repeat offenses and $1,000 minimum if crashes cause severe injuries or death.

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Illinois poised to become first state banning smart glasses while driving

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Meta AI executive Emily Dalton Smith departs just two months into internal AI overhaul

Emily Dalton Smith is leaving Meta after barely two months leading the company's AI for work transformation. The departure raises questions about continuity as Meta reorganizes around AI agents and internal tooling like Metamate, its enterprise AI assistant.

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Meta AI executive Emily Dalton Smith departs just two months into internal AI overhaul

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Meta AI Search launches on Facebook, but early tests reveal troubling accuracy problems

Meta has rolled out AI Mode, a new AI-powered search feature in Facebook that synthesizes answers from public posts across its platforms. While the tool aims to help users plan trips and discover local activities, early testing reveals significant issues with hallucinations and inaccuracies. The feature pulls from Facebook Groups and Instagram Reels, raising concerns about reliability when user-generated content often contains misinformation.

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Meta AI Search launches on Facebook, but early tests reveal troubling accuracy problems

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Meta launches AI Mode on Facebook, turning public posts into searchable answers

Meta introduced AI Mode on Facebook, an AI search engine that pulls answers from public posts across Groups, Reels, and Marketplace. Instead of scrolling through search results, users get synthesized responses based on what people are discussing publicly. The company also launched AI-driven photo presets for virtual wardrobe changes and collage templates for video editing.

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Meta launches AI Mode on Facebook, turning public posts into searchable answers

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Meta tests military-grade facial recognition on smart glasses via Pentagon contractor partnership

Meta partnered with Rank One Computing, a Pentagon vendor serving US military and police, to test facial recognition technology on its Ray-Ban smart glasses. The dormant code, shipped to over 50 million phones, was deleted after public exposure. The partnership reveals how consumer tech merging with surveillance infrastructure blurs ethical boundaries in AI development.

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Meta tests military-grade facial recognition on smart glasses via Pentagon contractor partnership

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Meta's $14B AI gamble with Alexandr Wang falls short as developers turn skeptical

A year after Meta invested over $14 billion to acquire Alexandr Wang and his Scale AI team, the company struggles to prove it can monetize its new Muse Spark model. Despite delivering its first proprietary AI model, Meta's stock has dropped 18% while developers remain unconvinced, questioning whether the social media giant can compete with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google in the AI race.

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Meta's $14B AI gamble with Alexandr Wang falls short as developers turn skeptical

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Mark Zuckerberg admits mistakes in Meta AI transformation, warns more errors likely ahead

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged in an internal memo that the company made mistakes during its AI transformation. Following a major restructuring in May that cut 10% of its workforce and reassigned 7,000 employees to AI initiatives, Zuckerberg warned more errors are likely as Meta invests up to $145 billion in AI infrastructure.

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Mark Zuckerberg admits mistakes in Meta AI transformation, warns more errors likely ahead

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Meta AI Unit Faces Revolt as Engineers Call Forced Transfers and Data-Labeling Work 'The Gulag'

Meta's three-month-old Applied AI team of 6,500 engineers is in turmoil after forced reassignments to data-labeling tasks sparked widespread employee dissatisfaction. An expletive-laden outburst during a company livestream highlighted the crisis, prompting Mark Zuckerberg and CTO Andrew Bosworth to acknowledge mistakes in the AI reorganization that has left morale at near-record lows.

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Meta AI Unit Faces Revolt as Engineers Call Forced Transfers and Data-Labeling Work 'The Gulag'

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Meta Offers Free AI Glasses to Over 130,000 Blind Veterans Across America

Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta will provide free Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to all legally blind US veterans, partnering with the Blinded Veterans Association for hands-on training. The AI-powered glasses can read documents, describe surroundings, and assist with navigation, offering practical independence to more than 130,000 eligible veterans.

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Meta Offers Free AI Glasses to Over 130,000 Blind Veterans Across America

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Meta cuts Manus off from internal systems as China forces reversal of $2 billion AI acquisition

Meta has severed operational ties with Manus, the Chinese-founded AI startup it acquired for $2 billion, following Beijing's unprecedented order to unwind the completed deal. Manus employees lost access to Meta's data systems in early June, while the startup's founders scramble to raise $1 billion for a buyback that could reshape cross-border AI investments.

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Meta cuts Manus off from internal systems as China forces reversal of $2 billion AI acquisition

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