Meta will soon officially permit users as young as 10 to use its Meta Quest 2 and 3 VR headsets — if their parents say it’s okay, anyway. In a […]
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Back to news homeInstagram is rolling out its Channels feature for broadcasting messages globally
Meta announced today that it’s rolling out Instagram’s Channels features for broadcasting messages globally. Until now, the feature was available to select creators and users. Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement […]
Meta open sources an AI-powered music generator
Not to be outdone by Google, Meta has released its own AI-powered music generator — and, unlike Google, open-sourced it. Called MusicGen, Meta’s music-generating tool, a demo of which can […]
Meta previews generative AI tools coming to WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram, plus internal AI tools
Meta this week showcased its work on new generative AI technologies for its consumer products, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, as well as those being used internally at the company. […]
Meta found liable as court blocks firing of moderators
A Kenyan court has ruled that Meta is the primary employer of content moderators suing the social media giant and its content review partner in Africa, Sama, for unlawful dismissal. […]
To avert more UK antitrust woes, Meta to limit how it uses ad data to boost Facebook Marketplace
Facebook’s parent Meta has given key assurances to U.K. antitrust regulators as it looks to counter concerns over how it uses advertising data to benefit its own products. The news […]
Everything we know about Instagram’s Twitter clone, due this summer
While the future remains uncertain for Twitter, Meta is throwing its hat into the ring to build the next major microblogging platform. This new Meta app is expected to launch […]
Meta bets big on AI with custom chips — and a supercomputer
At a virtual event this morning, Meta lifted the curtains on its efforts to develop in-house infrastructure for AI workloads, including generative AI like the type that underpins its recently […]
Meta built a code-generating AI model similar to Copilot
Meta says it’s created a generative AI tool for coding similar to GitHub’s Copilot. The company made the announcement at an event focused on its AI infrastructure efforts, including custom […]
The week in AI: Google goes all out at I/O as regulations creep up
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in […]