US singer Taylor Swift. Daniel Cole/Reuters Meta Platforms has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities – including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez – to create dozens of flirty social media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found. While many were created by users with a Meta tool for building chatbots,…
Carlos Jasso/Reuters Google has struck a six-year cloud computing deal with Meta Platforms worth more than US$10-billion, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. It would be the search giant’s second big agreement recently after one with OpenAI. Under the agreement, Meta will use Google Cloud’s servers, storage, networking and other services, the…
Matt Deitke originally turned down a lesser offer. Source: X. The offer, which doubled after initial negotiations stalled, was reportedly closed after direct intervention from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. It’s a staggering amount, not just for its size, but for what it reveals about where value—and vulnerability—now lies in the AI arms race. Deitke, who…
Alibaba announced plans to release a pair of smart glasses powered by its AI models. The Quark AI Glasses are Alibaba’s first foray into the smart glasses product category. Alibaba Alibaba on Monday unveiled a pair of smart glasses powered by its artificial intelligence models, marking the Chinese firm’s first foray into the product category….
Possessing, distributing or creating child sexual abuse material is illegal. Meta has shut down several WhatsApp and Instagram accounts in compliance with a court order over sexually explicit content being shared via the social media channel. The Facebook parent company says it will continue to engage with law enforcement over the use of its apps…
In this week’s Tech Tuesday segment on Smile 90.4FM we discuss the new sports-focused smart glasses from Meta and Oakley. Read more on Bandwidth Blog
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta shares hit a record high on Monday, underscoring investor interest in the company’s new AI superintelligence group. The company’s shares reached $747.90 during midday trading, topping Meta’s previous stock…
Meta Platforms has launched an AI message summary feature in WhatsApp that allows users to get summarised versions of all their unread messages. According to Meta, the messages are summarised in a separate chat with the AI bot and not marked as read until the user goes through them. “Message summaries is a new option…
Meta is announcing its next pair of smart glasses with Oakley. The limited-edition Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced “how-stun”) model costs $499 and is available for preorder starting July 11th. Other Oakley models with Meta’s tech will be available starting at $399 later this summer. Read: Trump launching a cellular brand called Trump Mobile and a…
It’s hard to think of a more extraordinary business deal than Facebook’s US$19-billion acquisition of WhatsApp in February 2014. Its creators were outliers. With a lean staff of just a few dozen people, they had no marketing department, no sign on the door and had spent zero cents from their sole investor, Sequoia Capital. But…
