Facebook Marketplace has added four new Meta AI-powered features for sellers. These features “make selling more efficient so sellers can list more items with less effort, and shoppers can find more of what they’re looking for with every search,” Facebook said in a Thursday (March...
Meta is reportedly testing a shopping research function in its AI chatbot. That’s according to a report late Monday (March 3) from Bloomberg News, which says this tool would rival a similar offering from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini chatbot. According to the report, the...
Meta has signed an AI infrastructure agreement with chipmaker AMD. The deal, announced Tuesday (Feb. 24), will see AMD supply up to 6GW of its Instinct GPUs to help Meta support its artificial intelligence (AI) models. “At Meta, we’re working to build the next generation of AI and...
Meta is considering making its artificial intelligence-powered short-form video feed Vibes a standalone app, TechCrunch reported Thursday (Feb. 5). The company is testing an app and positioning it as a direct competitor to OpenAI’s Sora app, according to the report. Meta told TechCrunch that the...
Just hours before its after-the-bell Q4 earnings call Wednesday (Jan. 28), it was common to see a headline calling for Meta to defend and maybe even trim its artificial intelligence (AI) spending. “Meta to Report Q4 Earnings Amid AI Spending Concerns” was typical. But there...
Meta reportedly laid off 1,500 people from its Reality Labs division, which is the home of its virtual and augmented reality business. The layoffs amount to 10% of the division’s staff, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Jan. 14). “We said last month that...
Meta reportedly plans to eliminate 10% of the jobs in its Reality Labs unit. That’s according to a report Monday (Jan. 12) by Bloomberg News, which characterizes the move as part of a larger plan by Meta to reduce its focus on virtual reality products...
Meta has appointed new executives to head various aspects of its artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. “Meta is planning to build tens of gigawatts this decade, and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook Monday (Jan. 12). “How we engineer,...
Meta signed agreements with three nuclear energy companies to help power its artificial intelligence-focused data centers. The agreements with Vistra, TerraPower and Oklo, together with one signed with Constellation Energy last year, make Meta one of the top buyers of nuclear energy in the United...