Meta’s new AI chatbot app is gathering extensive user data, potentially compromising privacy, according to Washington Post columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler. The app, which reached number two on iPhone’s free download charts, connects to Facebook and Instagram accounts, allowing it to access years of personal information. Unlike competitors ChatGPT and Google Gemini, Meta AI saves … Read more
Meta is appearing in court today in a significant legal case that could determine whether tech companies can use copyrighted material to train AI models without permission. According to reporting by Cristina Criddle and Hannah Murphy in the Financial Times, about a dozen authors including Ta-Nehisi Coates and Richard Kadrey are suing the tech giant … Read more
Meta has released a new standalone Meta AI app, built on its Llama 4 model. The app offers users personalized AI interactions through voice and text conversations, image generation capabilities, and web search functionality. Available on iOS and Android in select countries, the app represents Meta’s vision for making AI more personal and integrated into … Read more
Meta has released its newest generation of artificial intelligence models, Llama 4, introducing three variants with improved capabilities. The weekend release included two immediate offerings – Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick – with a third model, Llama 4 Behemoth, still in development. According to Meta, Llama 4 models mark “the beginning of a … Read more
Meta’s Llama AI models have reached 1 billion downloads, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement on Threads. Kyle Wiggers reports that this represents a 53% increase from the 650 million downloads recorded in December 2024. The models, available under a proprietary license, power Meta’s AI assistant across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Despite commercial restrictions in … Read more
Major technology companies are mounting opposition to European Union regulations on artificial intelligence and market dominance, bolstered by support from the Trump administration. According to a Financial Times report by Barbara Moens, Hannah Murphy, and Michael Acton, Meta is leading efforts to weaken the EU’s AI Act implementation. The company has refused to sign the … Read more
Meta AI and the University of Illinois Chicago researchers have created a new system that helps AI models respond more efficiently to queries. As reported by Ben Dickson in VentureBeat, the technology enables AI to determine whether a question needs deep reasoning or a quick response. The system, called Inference Budget-Constrained Policy Optimization (IBPO), uses … Read more
Meta is set to dramatically increase its AI infrastructure spending to between $60 billion and $65 billion, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. As reported by Meghan Bobrowsky in The Wall Street Journal, this represents a roughly 70% increase over 2024 expenditure levels. The announcement comes shortly after competing tech companies unveiled the $500 billion Stargate … Read more
Internal documents unsealed in a copyright lawsuit show that Meta used pirated books from LibGen to train its artificial intelligence systems. The revelations emerged from a case filed by several prominent authors, including Junot Diaz, Sarah Silverman, and Ta-Nehisi Coates, as reported by Wired magazine and commented on by Lithub. The documents contain direct quotes … Read more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg authorized the use of LibGen, a dataset of pirated e-books and articles, to train the company’s Llama AI models, according to new court documents. The revelation comes from a copyright lawsuit filing reported by Kyle Wiggers in TechCrunch. The lawsuit, Kadrey v. Meta, includes plaintiffs Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Court … Read more