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Founded2004

Key PeopleMark Zuckerberg, Alexandr Wang

HeadquartersMenlo Park, USA

ProductsLlama, Meta AI

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Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas AI data center expansion as financing talks collapse

Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand their flagship AI data center in Abilene, Texas, after negotiations over financing and capacity forecasting broke down. While the expansion is off, Oracle confirms its broader 4.5-gigawatt agreement with OpenAI remains intact, with projects progressing at other U.S. locations including Detroit.

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Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas AI data center expansion as financing talks collapse

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Meta opens WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots in Europe and Brazil, but developers balk at pricing

Meta is allowing third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe and Brazil after regulatory pressure from antitrust authorities. The company will charge between €0.0490 and €0.1323 per non-template message, a pricing structure that developers say makes the service prohibitively expensive and potentially anti-competitive.

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Meta opens WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots in Europe and Brazil, but developers balk at pricing

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AMD and Intel report unprecedented CPU demand surge driven by agentic AI and inference workloads

AMD CEO Lisa Su reveals CPU sales far exceeded expectations as artificial intelligence inference workloads drive unprecedented demand. Both AMD and Intel report supply shortages for server CPUs, particularly in China, as agentic AI applications require more CPU compute power alongside GPUs. Intel CFO says CPUs have become 'cool again' with customers seeking long-term supply agreements.

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AMD and Intel report unprecedented CPU demand surge driven by agentic AI and inference workloads

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Meta signs $50 million annual AI content licensing deal with News Corp for model training

Meta has struck a three-year AI content licensing deal with News Corp worth up to $50 million annually, granting access to Wall Street Journal and other publications for AI model training. The agreement reflects Big Tech's aggressive push to secure licensed content for generative AI systems, as News Corp CEO Robert Thomson pursues what he calls a "woo and sue" strategy with AI companies.

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Meta signs $50 million annual AI content licensing deal with News Corp for model training

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Meta creates new AI unit in Reality Labs to accelerate model development

Meta has formed a new applied AI engineering organization within its Reality Labs division to speed up model development and support superintelligence initiatives. Led by VP Maher Saba, the unit will focus on building interfaces, generating real-world data, and providing evaluations to strengthen Meta's AI models. The move comes as Meta commits billions to AI infrastructure alongside a $50 million annual content licensing deal with News Corp.

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Meta creates new AI unit in Reality Labs to accelerate model development

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Meta smart glasses face lawsuit and UK probe after workers watched intimate user footage

Meta's AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses are under fire after a Swedish investigation revealed that contractors in Kenya reviewed sensitive user footage, including bathroom visits and intimate moments. The tech giant now faces a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. and scrutiny from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office over alleged privacy violations and false advertising.

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Meta smart glasses face lawsuit and UK probe after workers watched intimate user footage

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Meta patents AI system to keep user profiles active after death, sparking grief concerns

Meta was granted a patent in December 2025 for an AI system that could maintain user profiles after death by simulating social media activity. The technology uses past posts, likes, and comments to generate responses on behalf of deceased users. While Meta says it has no plans to deploy this, experts warn it reframes death as an engagement problem and could disrupt the mourning process.

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Meta patents AI system to keep user profiles active after death, sparking grief concerns

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Meta AI enters shopping wars with new assistant to challenge ChatGPT and Gemini

Meta has begun testing an AI shopping assistant for select US users, entering a market projected to reach $28.54 billion by 2033. The new tool delivers personalized product recommendations through Meta AI's chatbot interface, competing directly with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Users cannot complete purchases within the interface but receive tailored suggestions based on their location and user data.

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Meta AI enters shopping wars with new assistant to challenge ChatGPT and Gemini

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Meta abandons advanced AI chips after design roadblocks, turns to Nvidia and AMD instead

Meta scrapped its most advanced in-house AI training chip due to design challenges and is shifting to a simpler version. The setback highlights the difficulty of building custom silicon to rival Nvidia and raises questions about Meta's ability to reduce its dependence on external suppliers despite committing up to $135 billion in capital expenditures for 2026.

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Meta abandons advanced AI chips after design roadblocks, turns to Nvidia and AMD instead

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Google and Meta strike multibillion-dollar AI chip deal as tech giants race to scale AI infrastructure

Meta has signed a multibillion-dollar agreement to rent Google's Tensor Processing Units through Google Cloud for developing new AI models. The multi-year deal allows Meta to diversify its AI hardware beyond Nvidia and AMD as the company projects $135 billion in AI infrastructure spending by 2026. Meta is also in talks to purchase TPUs outright for its own data centers.

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Google and Meta strike multibillion-dollar AI chip deal as tech giants race to scale AI infrastructure

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AMD's $60 billion Meta deal includes equity stake, while Nvidia keeps its chips close

AMD landed a massive AI chip agreement with Meta worth over $60 billion, but the deal comes with a catch: Meta could own nearly 10% of AMD through performance-based warrants. Nvidia, meanwhile, secured similar partnerships without diluting shareholders, highlighting the contrasting competitive positions of the two chipmakers in the AI accelerator market.

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AMD's $60 billion Meta deal includes equity stake, while Nvidia keeps its chips close

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Meta and AMD forge $60 billion AI chip deal as Zuckerberg diversifies compute infrastructure

Meta and AMD have signed a multi-billion dollar partnership that will see the social media giant purchase up to 6 gigawatts of AI GPUs over five years, beginning in late 2026. In exchange for the massive hardware commitment worth approximately $60 billion, Meta will acquire a 10% equity stake in AMD through performance-based warrants. The deal mirrors AMD's similar arrangement with OpenAI and signals Meta's strategy to diversify AI chip suppliers beyond Nvidia.

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Meta and AMD forge $60 billion AI chip deal as Zuckerberg diversifies compute infrastructure

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Meta abandons metaverse vision as Horizon Worlds pivots to mobile-first strategy

Meta is abandoning its metaverse ambitions by shifting Horizon Worlds to an almost exclusively mobile platform, explicitly separating it from Quest VR. After losing nearly $80 billion in Reality Labs since 2020, the tech giant is refocusing on AI wearables and positioning Horizon Worlds to compete with Roblox and Fortnite.

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Meta abandons metaverse vision as Horizon Worlds pivots to mobile-first strategy

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Meta slashes employee stock awards by 5% as Zuckerberg channels billions into AI infrastructure

Meta has cut employee stock awards by 5% for the second consecutive year, following a 10% reduction in 2025. The move frees up resources as CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to spend up to $135 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, including gigawatt-scale data centers and over 1.3 million Nvidia AI GPUs, while offering eye-watering compensation packages to secure top AI talent.

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Meta slashes employee stock awards by 5% as Zuckerberg channels billions into AI infrastructure

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AI industry floods midterm elections with $150 million as battle over regulation intensifies

Major AI companies are pouring unprecedented sums into the 2026 midterm elections, with Meta committing $65 million and the AI industry collectively spending over $150 million to influence candidates on both sides of the aisle. The spending surge reflects mounting tensions over AI regulation, data center development, and community opposition to the technology's rapid expansion.

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AI industry floods midterm elections with $150 million as battle over regulation intensifies

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