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Founded2004

Key PeopleMark Zuckerberg, Alexandr Wang

HeadquartersMenlo Park, USA

ProductsLlama, Meta AI

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Meta appoints Wall Street dealmaker Dina Powell McCormick to drive $600B AI infrastructure push

Meta has appointed Dina Powell McCormick, a former Trump adviser and Goldman Sachs executive, as president and vice chairman to oversee its massive AI infrastructure expansion. She'll focus on securing strategic partnerships with governments and sovereign wealth funds to help finance Meta's ambitious AI projects as the company pursues superintelligence.

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Meta appoints Wall Street dealmaker Dina Powell McCormick to drive $600B AI infrastructure push

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Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses head to Amazon India as Meta pushes for mainstream adoption

Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 AI glasses are expanding to Amazon India after being exclusive to Ray-Ban's official website. The move signals Meta's confidence in India as a key market for AI wearables, shifting the product from limited retail presence to a mainstream platform with better discoverability, trust, and access for a broader audience.

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Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses head to Amazon India as Meta pushes for mainstream adoption

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Meta signs massive nuclear power deals with Gates and Altman-backed firms for AI data centers

Meta has secured nuclear energy agreements with three power providers—TerraPower, Oklo, and Vistra—to deliver 6.6 gigawatts by 2035. The deals will power the company's Prometheus AI supercluster in Ohio and represent billions in investment. With these agreements, Meta becomes the largest nuclear power buyer among tech giants racing to secure energy for AI infrastructure.

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Meta signs massive nuclear power deals with Gates and Altman-backed firms for AI data centers

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China launches probe into Meta's $2 billion Manus acquisition over technology export concerns

China's Ministry of Commerce announced it will investigate Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus for potential violations of technology export controls. The Singapore-based company with Chinese roots developed agentic AI technology while in China, raising questions about whether proper export licenses were obtained when relocating operations.

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China launches probe into Meta's $2 billion Manus acquisition over technology export concerns

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Former Apple Designer Behind iPhone Air Joins AI Startup Hark as Head of Design

Abidur Chowdhury, the Apple designer who helped create the iPhone Air, has left the tech giant to join Hark, a newly launched AI startup. Founded by Brett Adcock with $100 million in self-funding, Hark aims to build human-centric AI models and has already attracted 30 engineers from Google, Meta, and Amazon, with plans to reach 100 employees by mid-2026.

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Former Apple Designer Behind iPhone Air Joins AI Startup Hark as Head of Design

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Meta pauses Ray-Ban Display glasses global launch as US demand surges, adds teleprompter feature

Meta has delayed the international rollout of its Ray-Ban Display glasses to the UK, France, Italy, and Canada, citing overwhelming US demand and limited inventory. Waitlists now extend well into 2026. At CES, the company unveiled a teleprompter feature controlled by the Meta Neural Band, along with expanded pedestrian navigation to four more US cities.

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Meta pauses Ray-Ban Display glasses global launch as US demand surges, adds teleprompter feature

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AI godfather Yann LeCun calls Meta's 29-year-old AI chief inexperienced, warns of staff exodus

Yann LeCun, Meta's former chief AI scientist, publicly criticized the company's new AI boss Alexandr Wang as inexperienced in a Financial Times interview. LeCun warns that Meta faces a significant staff exodus after Mark Zuckerberg sidelined the entire GenAI organization following the Llama 4 controversy. The 65-year-old AI pioneer left Meta to launch his own startup focused on world models.

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AI godfather Yann LeCun calls Meta's 29-year-old AI chief inexperienced, warns of staff exodus

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Instagram Chief Warns AI Images Are Outpacing Our Ability to Distinguish Real from Fake

Instagram head Adam Mosseri says AI-generated content has made authenticity infinitely reproducible, forcing a shift from trusting what we see to verifying who shares it. The platform plans to fingerprint real media and surface credibility signals as AI slop floods social feeds and deepfakes become indistinguishable from reality.

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Instagram Chief Warns AI Images Are Outpacing Our Ability to Distinguish Real from Fake

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Meta acquires Manus for $2 billion, adding revenue-generating AI agents to its platforms

Meta has closed a $2 billion deal to acquire Manus, a Singapore-based Chinese AI startup that went viral for its general-purpose AI agent capabilities. The acquisition brings Meta a rare asset: an AI product already generating $100 million in annual recurring revenue. However, the deal faces scrutiny over Manus's Chinese origins and potential national security implications.

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Meta acquires Manus for $2 billion, adding revenue-generating AI agents to its platforms

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Italy Orders Meta to Suspend WhatsApp Policy Blocking Rival AI Chatbots from Platform

Italy's competition watchdog has ordered Meta to halt WhatsApp terms that block rival AI chatbots, citing potential abuse of dominant market position. The move affects AI chatbots from OpenAI, Perplexity, and others set to take effect in January. Meta calls the decision fundamentally flawed and plans to appeal while the European Commission runs a parallel investigation.

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Italy Orders Meta to Suspend WhatsApp Policy Blocking Rival AI Chatbots from Platform

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AI advertising is going invisible as ChatGPT and Meta build hyper-personalized ad systems

Major tech companies are developing AI advertising that blends seamlessly into user experiences, making it nearly impossible to distinguish recommendations from paid content. OpenAI is exploring ads for ChatGPT's 800 million weekly users, while Meta plans AI systems that generate personalized video content. The shift raises serious questions about transparency and consumer autonomy.

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AI advertising is going invisible as ChatGPT and Meta build hyper-personalized ad systems

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Yann LeCun vs Demis Hassabis: Public Clash Over General Intelligence Reopens AGI Debate

Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun and Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis engaged in a heated public disagreement over whether general intelligence exists. LeCun argues human intelligence is highly specialized, while Hassabis defends it as genuinely general. The debate carries significant implications for artificial general intelligence development across the AI industry.

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Yann LeCun vs Demis Hassabis: Public Clash Over General Intelligence Reopens AGI Debate

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Meta develops Mango AI model for images and videos, targets first half of 2026 launch

Meta is building Mango, a new image and video AI model, alongside Avocado, a text-based large language model, both slated for early 2026 release. Chief AI officer Alexandr Wang revealed the roadmap during an internal Q&A, emphasizing improved coding capabilities and world models. The move intensifies competition with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic in the generative AI race.

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Meta develops Mango AI model for images and videos, targets first half of 2026 launch

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Yann LeCun confirms Advanced Machine Intelligence startup, targets €3 billion valuation pre-launch

Renowned AI scientist Yann LeCun confirmed his new startup Advanced Machine Intelligence, seeking €500 million at a €3 billion valuation before launch. The venture will develop world model AI systems that understand the physical world, with Alexandre LeBrun from Nabla as CEO. This marks one of the largest pre-launch AI fundraising rounds.

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Yann LeCun confirms Advanced Machine Intelligence startup, targets €3 billion valuation pre-launch

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Google and Meta team up to challenge Nvidia dominance in AI chip market with TorchTPU project

Alphabet's Google is joining forces with Meta Platforms to develop TorchTPU, making Google's TPU chips fully compatible with PyTorch. The strategic move aims to reduce the AI industry's reliance on Nvidia, which dominates the market through its CUDA ecosystem. Nvidia shares dropped 2% following the announcement as competition in AI hardware intensifies.

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Google and Meta team up to challenge Nvidia dominance in AI chip market with TorchTPU project

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