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Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs Raises Record $1.03B Seed Round to Challenge LLMs with World Models
AMI Labs, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Yann LeCun after his departure from Meta, raised $1.03 billion in its seed funding round. This...
Meta to Impose New Location Fees on European Advertisers to Offset Digital Taxes
Meta Platforms will introduce new location fees for advertisers starting July 1, 2026. These surcharges aim to offset digital services taxes (DSTs) across...
Russian State-Backed Hackers Bypass Encryption via Social Engineering to Target Signal and WhatsApp Users
Dutch intelligence agencies AIVD and MIVD issued a warning on Monday regarding a global hacking campaign by Russian state-backed actors. The operation targets...
Global Youth Social Media Bans Intensify as Regulatory Fragmentation Pressures Tech Giants
A global movement to restrict youth access to social media is accelerating as multiple nations propose bans for users under 15 or 16. Australia enacted a...
Seven Billionaire Fund Managers Offload Meta Stakes Amid AI Spending Concerns
Seven prominent billionaire money managers, including Philippe Laffont of Coatue Management and Stephen Mandel of Lone Pine Capital, significantly reduced or...
India’s Tech Hub Proposes Under-16 Social Media Ban to Combat Digital Addiction
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah proposed a ban on social media use for individuals under age 16 during the state's 2026-27 budget presentation. The...
Meta Opens WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots for a Fee to Avert EU Antitrust Penalties
Meta will permit rival AI chatbots on its WhatsApp platform in Europe and Brazil in exchange for a fee. This move responds to an antitrust investigation by the...
Meta Faces Class Action Over Human Review of Intimate Ray-Ban AI Footage
Meta faces a class-action lawsuit alleging the company allowed human contractors to review sensitive footage from Ray-Ban AI smart glasses without proper...
Meta Expands Custom Silicon to AI Training in Bid to Reduce Nvidia Dependency
Meta Platforms is expanding its custom silicon program to develop proprietary chips for complex AI model training. CFO Susan Li confirmed the company will...
Indonesia Warns Meta Over Low Compliance on Online Gambling and Disinformation
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs issued a stern warning to Meta Platforms regarding the spread of online gambling and disinformation....
Meta Overhauls AI Engineering Structure to Accelerate Superintelligence Push
Meta Platforms is establishing a new applied AI engineering organization to advance its pursuit of superintelligence, according to an internal memo reported by...
Meta to Pay News Corp Up to $50M Annually to Fuel AI Training
Meta Platforms signed a multi-year content licensing agreement with News Corp valued at up to $50 million annually. The contract is expected to span at least...
Meta Aligns Ad Attribution with Industry Standards and Debuts Engaged-Through Metrics
Meta updated its ad attribution system to provide a more comprehensive view of campaign performance. The company aligned its click-through attribution with...
Meta Leverages Personal Data for New AI Shopping Tool to Rival Google and OpenAI
Meta Platforms is testing a new shopping research feature within its artificial intelligence chatbot for select users in the United States. The tool generates...
Meta Scraps In-House AI Chip, Pivots to $100 Billion AMD Supply Deal
Meta Platforms is scrapping its most ambitious in-house AI training processor. Significant technical and strategic setbacks drove the cancellation. This...
Meta Diversifies AI Hardware with Multi-Billion Dollar Google TPU Agreement
Meta Platforms signed a multi-billion dollar, multi-year agreement to rent custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) from Google. This partnership supports the...
Zuckerberg's Appearance at Prada Show Fuels Meta Smart Glass Partnership Speculation
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's attendance at Prada's Fall/Winter 2026 show during Milan Fashion Week has intensified speculation about an impending partnership...
Anthropic Acquires Vercept to Enable Human-Like Software Navigation for Claude
Anthropic has acquired Seattle-based AI startup Vercept to integrate its technology into the Claude AI assistant. As part of the agreement, Vercept’s team will...
Meta Executives Labeled Messenger Encryption Irresponsible Over Projected 65 Percent Drop in Child Abuse Detection
Court filings from a New Mexico lawsuit revealed on February 24, 2026, that senior Meta executives expressed deep concerns regarding default end-to-end...
Meta AI Safety Director's Experiment Goes Awry as AI Agent Deletes Inbox
A viral social media post from Meta's Director of AI Alignment, Summer Yue, detailed how an autonomous AI agent she was testing began deleting hundreds of...