Meta launched its inaugural AI image model from the Meta Superintelligence Labs on Tuesday, its effort to compete with the likes of OpenAI’s GPT Images…
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Meta Is Charging a Subscription for Smart Glasses Features. Welcome to the New Era of Consumer Tech
So you paid a few hundred bucks for a neat little gadget and think you’re good to go. But it turns out you’ll need to…
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs
Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta were instructed to pose as minors online and probe how competitor chatbots responded to prompts involving…
Why Amazon Dropped Its OpenAI Movie, Data Center Workers Fight Back, and Meta Leaks Employee Data
This week on Uncanny Valley, our hosts discuss Amazon’s controversial decision to drop Luca Guadagnino’s film about OpenAI’s Sam Altman—which reportedly did not paint him…
Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
Meta is pausing a divisive employee tracking program after an internal security issue exposed potentially sensitive data collected through the initiative to other workers. “We…
Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program
Meta left potentially sensitive information collected from employee laptops accessible to anyone inside the company, according to an internal security notice seen by WIRED and…
WhatsApp gets new chief as Meta taps India’s CRED founder Kunal Shah and invests $900M in startup |
Meta is betting on India for WhatsApp’s next chapter, naming entrepreneur Kunal Shah to lead the messaging app and succeed Will Cathcart, who is stepping…
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Admits the Company’s AI Reorg Was ‘Atrocious’
Meta did an “atrocious” job of rolling out a new artificial intelligence division and will aim to “rekindle” a more cheerful internal culture through better…
Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
Meta is testing face-recognition software built by a company that sells surveillance tools to police departments and the United States military, as it explores bringing…
Meta Employees Absolutely Hate Zuckerberg’s Plan for a Companywide AI Hackathon
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s internal announcement on Friday about a “large” companywide AI hackathon next month quickly sparked frustration and disbelief among employees. In internal…