This week on Uncanny Valley, the team discusses Meta’s recent layoffs and what they’ve been hearing from employees about the increasingly grim vibes at the…
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Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs
Ahead of Meta’s latest round of mass layoffs tomorrow, some employees are deserting offices, abandoning their work, and loading up on perks they might soon…
An Engineer’s Post Protesting Laptop Surveillance Is Going Viral Inside Meta
Meta’s decision to track employee keystrokes and mouse data is causing an uproar within the company. “Selfishly, I don’t want my screen scraped because it…
WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
WhatsApp said on Wednesday it is launching an AI chat function known as Incognito Chat that is built to allow users to converse privately with…
Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage |
7:27 AM PDT · May 5, 2026 Meta will start using AI to scan photos and videos for visual clues to see if a user…
Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions |
3:13 PM PDT · May 1, 2026 Meta has acquired humanoid robotics startup Assured Robot Intelligence (ARI) for an undisclosed sum, the social media giant…
Meta will record employees' keystrokes and use it to train its AI models |
In Brief Posted: 4:45 PM PDT · April 21, 2026 Meta has found a new source of training data for its AI models: its own…
Meta to Announce First Quarter 2026 Results
/PRNewswire/ — Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) announced today that the company’s first quarter 2026 financial results will be released after market close on Wednesday,…
Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
More than 70 civil liberties, domestic violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+, labor, and immigrant advocacy organizations are demanding that Meta abandon plans to deploy face recognition…
PSA: If you use the Meta AI app, your friends will find out and it will be embarrassing |
Meta released its new Muse Spark AI model on Wednesday as part of a major overhaul of its AI efforts. It’s do-or-die time for Meta…