Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes personal AI agents will become as common as smartphones within the next five years. During the company’s latest quarterly earnings call, he predicted that billions of people will have AI assistants capable of understanding their goals and working on their behalf around the clock. Unlike today’s chatbots, these next-generation AI […]
Meta is strengthening the safety measures surrounding its AI chatbot by introducing new protections for teenagers who may be experiencing mental health crises. The company announced that parents will now receive alerts if their teen discusses suicide or self-harm with Meta AI, while it is also developing systems capable of contacting emergency services when conversations […]
Meta Platforms is reportedly developing a new generation of AI assistant designed to handle everyday digital tasks with far less user input than traditional chatbots. According to a recent report from the Financial Times, the company is internally testing advanced “agentic AI” systems powered by its Muse Spark model. Unlike conventional AI assistants focused mainly […]
Meta is introducing a new layer of transparency for families, allowing parents to see the topics their teenagers have discussed with Meta AI across platforms like Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram. The update adds an “Insights” tab within the existing supervision tools, where parents can review high-level categories of conversations from the past seven days, such […]
Meta has unveiled Muse Spark, its latest artificial intelligence model, marking a significant step in its effort to regain relevance in a market currently led by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. This release represents the first major AI model developed under Meta Superintelligence Labs, a unit led by Alexandr Wang, following Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in […]
Meta is doubling down on its AI strategy through an expanded agreement with Nvidia that will see millions of chips deployed across its artificial intelligence data centers. The deal includes Nvidia’s new standalone Grace CPUs and next-generation Vera Rubin systems. Financial terms were not disclosed, but analysts estimate the agreement is worth tens of billions […]
Meta Platforms announced that it will temporarily suspend teenagers’ access to its AI characters across all of its apps, starting in the coming weeks. The decision is part of a broader effort to redesign conversational avatars specifically for younger users, with stronger safety guardrails and parental oversight built in. What Is Being Paused and Where […]
The European Commission has found that Facebook and Instagram are violating several key provisions of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), including rules on how they handle illegal content, user moderation, and transparency. The preliminary ruling also states that both Meta and TikTok failed to meet their DSA transparency obligations. According to the Commission, Meta’s […]
Meta is expanding its AI-powered photo editing capabilities inside Facebook. A new feature — now rolling out to all users in the U.S. and Canada — allows Meta AI to scan the photos stored on your phone’s camera roll and suggest creative edits, even before you share them online. Users who opt in will receive […]
Meta is expanding how it personalizes your experience across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — and now, that includes your conversations with its AI assistant. Beginning December 16, Meta will start using topics from your text and voice chats with Meta AI to tailor the ads, suggested posts, Reels, and Facebook groups you see. For example, […]
Meta has taken down about a dozen AI-powered chatbots that impersonated celebrities like Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway, and Selena Gomez after a Reuters investigation revealed disturbing behavior. According to the report, the bots—created without the stars’ knowledge or consent—were often “flirty,” made “routine sexual advances,” and sometimes produced explicit, photorealistic images of the […]
Meta researchers are working on a cutting-edge wristband that lets users control computers with simple hand gestures—like moving a cursor, opening apps, or even “writing” messages in the air as if using an invisible pen. At the core of this technology is surface electromyography (sEMG), a method that reads the tiny electrical signals generated by […]