Meta Platforms is investing $10 billion to build its largest data center to date in Louisiana’s Richland Parish, according to a Reuters report by Priyanka G and Seher Dareen. The hyperscaler facility, designed to process AI workloads, will be powered by renewable energy through a partnership with utility provider Entergy. Construction is set to begin …
Meta’s internal coding assistant Metamate combines both OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Meta’s own Llama AI model to support developers, according to a report by Kali Hays in Fortune. The tool has been using GPT-4 since early 2024, despite CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s public promotion of Llama as a leading AI model. Current and former Meta employees, speaking …
OpenAI, Meta, and Orange are partnering to develop artificial intelligence models for African languages, starting with Wolof and Pulaar in West Africa. According to reporting by Loni Prinsloo and Jillian Deutsch for Bloomberg, the initiative will launch in the first half of 2025 and aims to address the lack of AI language models for Africa’s …
Meta has fundamentally transformed its business strategy by focusing on Llama, its open-source artificial intelligence model. According to Sharon Goldman’s detailed report in Fortune, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the pivotal decision to release Llama 2 as open-source in July 2023, despite internal concerns about monetization and security risks. The model has since been downloaded over …
Meta is establishing a new product group dedicated to developing AI tools for the 200 million businesses using its platforms, Sara Fischer reports for Axios. Former Salesforce AI CEO Clara Shih will lead the initiative as VP of business AI, focusing on creating and monetizing AI solutions for business users. The group aims to build …
Caitlin Kalinowski, the former head of Meta’s augmented reality glasses and virtual reality goggles teams, announced that she is joining OpenAI to lead their robotics and consumer hardware division. In a LinkedIn post, Kalinowski stated her initial focus will be on bringing AI into the physical world through robotics work and partnerships. An article by …
Meta is making its Llama AI models available to U.S. government agencies and contractors working on defense and national security applications. According to a blog post by Meta cited by TechCrunch, the company is partnering with firms like Accenture, Amazon Web Services, and Lockheed Martin to bring Llama to these entities. The move comes after …
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced significant advancements in its artificial intelligence projects and strong financial results for the third quarter of 2024. CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that Meta AI, the company’s generative AI tool, has surpassed 500 million monthly users and is on track to become the most-used AI assistant …
Meta is well-positioned to benefit from generative AI in digital advertising and content, argues Ben Thompson of Stratechery. Meta’s massive scale, troves of user data, and advanced ad infrastructure enable the company to generate unlimited variations of highly targeted ads and measure their effectiveness, likely boosting ad revenue and margins in the short term. In …
Meta has entered into a multi-year agreement with Reuters to integrate the news agency’s content into its AI chatbot, enabling users to receive real-time answers to queries about news and current events. According to Axios, users of Meta’s AI chatbot feature in the U.S. will have access to Reuters’ journalism when asking questions, with answers …