Meta loses its AI research head, as billions in investments hang in the balance
Joelle Pineau will leave the company in May. Pineau's successor remains unclear.
Meta allegedly used pirated books to train AI. Australian authors have objected, but US courts may decide if this is ‘fair use’
Australian authors are among those caught up in Meta’s use of LibGen, an illegal book repository, to train its AI. What are ...
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Rise and fall of the metaverse: How AI and AR are shaping the future
The metaverse trend briefly surged after Facebook rebranded to Meta Platforms in October 2021, fueling industry-wide interest ...
Meta's CTO breaks down who in Big Tech he thinks has an advantage in the AI race (and it's not Google)
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth wonders whether Google will be willing to "undermine and cannibalize" its business model as it ...
'This is our space race': Meta CTO says AI is a modern-day moonshot that the US should pour 'as much fuel on as we can'
Andrew Bosworth said that the greatest risk associated with the AI race is being "lapped" by competitors like China.
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Yann LeCun Explains How Meta Had Developed A ChatGPT-Like System Before OpenAI, But Took It Down
ChatGPT had set off the current AI revolution when it was released in November 2022, but it wasn't the first program of its ...
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French publishers and authors sue Meta over copyright works used in AI training
Meta didn’t respond to a request for comment. The company has rolled out generative-AI powered chatbot assistants to users of its Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms. Montagne accused ...
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Facebook owner Meta joins Google, Microsoft and Amazon in custom AI chip race
Meta is developing its first AI training chip to reduce reliance on external suppliers like Nvidia. Partnering with TSMC, Meta is testing the chip for content recommendation systems on Facebook ...
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Meta partners with TSMC to test its first homegrown AI training chips
The in-house chip test is part of an effort by Meta to try to rein in its spending at a time when it’s investing heavily in the AI infrastructure it believes will be necessary to stay at the ...
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Meta begins testing its first in-house AI training chip
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc is testing its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence (AI) systems, a key milestone as it moves to design more of its own custom silicon and reduce ...
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Meta is reportedly testing in-house chips for AI training
Meta is reportedly testing an in-house chip for training AI systems, a part of a strategy to reduce its reliance on hardware makers like Nvidia. According to Reuters, Meta’s chip, which is ...