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Meta's AI-Driven Future Beyond Social Media
Meta's Q4 2024 results show a 21% YoY revenue increase and a 43% YoY operating income increase, with strong AI-driven growth. Read more about META stock here.
BuzzFeed plans to combat AI social media with... AI social media
Ironically, in a memo regarding his social media plans Peretti identifies AI as one of the problems at competitor companies like ByteDance (which owns TikTok) and Meta (which owns Facebook). “Having a job at Meta is beginning to feel like being a UBI recipient,
BuzzFeed wants to fight AI-driven social media with a platform of its own
BuzzFeed plans on launching a new social platform “built specifically to spread joy and enable playful creative expression.” In a blog post published on Tuesday, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti highlights the “growing discontent” with platforms using AI-driven algorithms to keep users glued to their screens,
BuzzFeed’s New Plan: An AI-Powered Social Media Platform to Help “Spread Joy”
In an open letter, CEO Jonah Peretti calls out TikTok and Meta for prioritizing AI tech over content and says people miss the mid-2010s "'beer and wine' era of the internet."
Social media is broken. Could BuzzFeed’s new “Island” platform finally make social media about the content, not the algorithms?
A s social media platforms become increasingly political and algorithm-centric, many are looking for alternatives to the Meta, the Musk-owned X, or the banned-then-not-banned TikT
Meta allegedly used 82TB of stolen books to train its AI
A lawsuit alleges that Meta downloaded 82TB worth of pirated books to train Meta AI, and the employees knew what they were ...
Meta’s 16-Day Winning Streak Is Victory for Zuckerberg’s AI Vision
Even in a market where AI winners are richly rewarded, Meta Platforms stands out.The shares are coming off a rally of 16 straight sessions, the longest streak of any current Nasdaq 100 Index company ...
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Meta has an AI for brain typing, but it’s stuck in the lab
According to Jean-Rémi King, leader of Meta’s “Brain & AI” research team, the system is able to determine what letter a ...
Meta rally makes history as investors see return on AI offensive
While tech was rocked by the emergence of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that claimed strong performance despite costing less and requiring fewer chips, Meta shares climbed. Investors took DeepSeek’s ...
Meta acknowledges 'critical risk' AI systems that are too dangerous to develop — here's what that means
A new policy document, spotted by TechCrunch, appears to show Meta taking a more cautionary approach. The company has ...
Meta is fresh off a 16-day win streak, the longest for any major tech stock in decades
Meta gained 17% in 16 days, the longest winning streak for a Nasdaq 100 firm since 1990. Investors have cheered its AI plans ...
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Meta AI’s memory powers smarter recommendations
Privacy experts note that Meta ‘s approach to AI memory includes robust security measures to protect user data. The company ...
Why Meta Platforms Stock Jumped 18% in January
Shares of Meta Platforms ( META 1.33%) were among the winners last month. The social media stock took off after the ...
Meta Rally Makes History as It Goes on Offensive With AI
The firm’s results underlined how AI is flowing through to its financials, improving how ads are targeted to its billions of ...