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Key PeopleMark Zuckerberg, Alexandr Wang

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ProductsLlama, Meta AI

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Tencent moves to acquire Manus as Beijing forces Meta to unwind $2 billion AI startup deal

Tencent is leading a consortium to buy back Manus, the Chinese AI agent startup, after Beijing ordered Meta to reverse its $2 billion acquisition. The move signals China's determination to keep homegrown AI talent and technology under domestic control as U.S.-China competition intensifies in artificial intelligence.

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Tencent moves to acquire Manus as Beijing forces Meta to unwind $2 billion AI startup deal

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Mark Zuckerberg returns to X after 3 years to unveil Muse Spark 1.1, Meta's agentic AI model

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke a three-year silence on Elon Musk's X platform to announce Muse Spark 1.1, an advanced agentic and coding AI model. The surprise return generated over 12 million views but sparked debate about why he chose X over Meta's own Threads platform. The new model focuses on coordinating multiple AI agents, managing long-running tasks, and automating workflows.

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Mark Zuckerberg returns to X after 3 years to unveil Muse Spark 1.1, Meta's agentic AI model

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Meta to start producing in-house AI chip in September, targeting 14 gigawatts of capacity

Meta plans to begin manufacturing its custom AI chip, code-named Iris, in September 2026 as part of its MTIA program. The chip cleared testing in just six weeks and will be produced by TSMC with Broadcom's design support. Meta aims to double its computing capacity to 14 gigawatts by 2027 while reducing dependence on Nvidia and AMD GPUs.

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Meta to start producing in-house AI chip in September, targeting 14 gigawatts of capacity

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Meta builds $9 billion AI data center in Alberta, its largest outside the United States

Meta announced a $9 billion investment to build its first Canadian data center in Alberta, marking the company's 33rd facility globally and largest outside the U.S. The 1-gigawatt AI-optimized facility in Sturgeon County will be powered by a dedicated natural gas plant, as Meta races to expand computing capacity amid fierce competition with cloud giants Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet.

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Meta builds $9 billion AI data center in Alberta, its largest outside the United States

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Meta AI image detector fails to catch 55% of its own cropped AI-generated images

A Reuters analysis reveals Meta's new AI detection tool failed to identify 55% of AI-generated images from its Muse Image model after simple cropping. The finding exposes critical weaknesses in Content Seal, Meta's invisible watermarking system, raising concerns about detecting deepfakes during the U.S. midterm elections.

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Meta AI image detector fails to catch 55% of its own cropped AI-generated images

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Meta's Cheyenne AI Data Center Triggers Wastewater Crackdown Before Even Opening

Meta's $800 million AI data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming hasn't opened yet, but a contractor already contaminated the city's wastewater with a rare bacterium. Officials traced Cupriavidus gilardii to discharge from the facility's cooling system, prompting Cheyenne to permanently ban data center wastewater and overhaul its rules. The incident highlights mounting concerns about environmental impacts of AI infrastructure.

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Meta's Cheyenne AI Data Center Triggers Wastewater Crackdown Before Even Opening

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Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses with always-on recording that could bypass privacy light

Meta is testing prototype smart glasses that continuously record audio and capture photos every few seconds, allowing AI to recall a wearer's entire day. The $1.5tn company plans to disable the LED indicator during recording, intensifying privacy concerns as the technology pushes boundaries on surveillance and data collection.

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Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses with always-on recording that could bypass privacy light

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Meta AI Glasses Get Recording LED Safeguard Amid Growing Privacy Concerns and Secret Filming Cases

Meta announced it will disable cameras on its AI glasses if users tamper with the recording LED light, responding to widespread privacy concerns about surreptitious recording. The move comes after multiple incidents of people being filmed without consent and businesses selling LED tampering services. But critics argue Meta's broader data collection practices and AI strategy contradict these privacy protections.

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Meta AI Glasses Get Recording LED Safeguard Amid Growing Privacy Concerns and Secret Filming Cases

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Meta Business Agent launches in India to automate customer interactions on WhatsApp Business

Meta introduced its AI-powered Business Agent in India at the WhatsApp Business Summit in Mumbai. The solution enables businesses to automate customer interactions, provide 24/7 customer support, and manage sales operations. Meta also unveiled the Meta Business Agent Platform for large enterprises, alongside new business discovery features that let users search for businesses directly within WhatsApp.

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Meta Business Agent launches in India to automate customer interactions on WhatsApp Business

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Meta details AI efforts to combat child exploitation on Instagram after government notice

Meta responded to India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology after concerns over Instagram ads promoting child sexual abuse material. The company removed over 4 million suspicious accounts globally and 160,000 accounts in India over six months. Meta denied deliberately targeting such ads and outlined strengthened AI-powered detection systems covering 98% of online languages.

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Meta details AI efforts to combat child exploitation on Instagram after government notice

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Meta pulls controversial AI image generator feature after users reject deepfake tagging ability

Meta launched Muse Image, an AI image generator that allowed anyone to tag public Instagram accounts and create AI images using their photos without notification. The feature sparked immediate backlash over privacy concerns and nonconsensual digital replicas, forcing Meta to pull the tagging capability within days. The incident highlights ongoing tensions between AI innovation and user consent.

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Meta pulls controversial AI image generator feature after users reject deepfake tagging ability

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Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic on AI coding

Meta unveiled Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal AI model designed for agentic coding and complex enterprise tasks. Priced at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, the model aims to undercut competitors while delivering comparable performance. The launch includes a new Meta Model API now available in public preview for US developers.

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Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic on AI coding

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Meta repurposes DDR4 memory in DDR5 servers with custom chip to cut AI infrastructure costs

Meta revealed it's reusing DDR4 memory from retired servers in new DDR5-only systems using a custom CXL ASIC called Vistara. The approach cuts AI inference server count by up to 25% and reduces job-restart overhead by 33%, helping the company navigate memory supply shortages while lowering infrastructure costs.

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Meta repurposes DDR4 memory in DDR5 servers with custom chip to cut AI infrastructure costs

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Meta's Watermelon AI model reportedly matches OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on key benchmarks

Meta's superintelligence chief Alexandr Wang told employees the company's upcoming Watermelon AI model matches OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on certain benchmarks. The announcement comes as Mark Zuckerberg invests heavily in AI infrastructure and talent acquisition to compete in the generative AI space, though specific performance metrics remain undisclosed.

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Meta's Watermelon AI model reportedly matches OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on key benchmarks

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Samsung Galaxy Glasses leak shows AI smart glasses designed to take on Meta Ray-Ban collaboration

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Glasses have surfaced in new leaks, revealing a design that closely mirrors Meta's popular Ray-Ban smart glasses. The AI-powered smart eyewear features a no-display approach, deep Galaxy integration with Watch and Ring, and runs on Android XR with Google Gemini AI. The move signals Samsung's strategy to compete in the smart eyewear market by prioritizing mainstream appeal over futuristic designs.

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Samsung Galaxy Glasses leak shows AI smart glasses designed to take on Meta Ray-Ban collaboration

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