12 h. ago Zuckerberg says Meta will build a data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push

The CEO said the company plans to spend hundreds of billions on developing artificial intelligence productsMark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan.The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals and doled out multimillion-dollar pay packages to AI researchers in recent months – some as high as $100m – to fast-track work on machines that could outthink humans on many tasks, a concept known as “superintelligence” or “artificial general intelligence”. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Zuckerberg says Meta will build data center the size of Manhattan in latest AI push

CEO says company plans to spend hundreds of billions on developing artificial intelligence productsMark Zuckerberg proclaimed that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on developing artificial intelligence products in the near future and, to that end, construct a data center planned to be nearly the size of Manhattan.The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp is among the large tech companies that have struck high-profile deals, and doled out multimillion-dollar pay packages to AI researchers in recent months – some as high as $100m – to fast-track work on machines that could outthink humans on many tasks, a concept known as “super-intelligence” or “artificial general intelligence”. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected to testify in $8 billion Facebook privacy lawsuit

A $8 billion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders begins, with claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm

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44 h. ago Mark Zuckerberg to invest hundreds of billions into AI that can outperform humans

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed Meta Platforms is set to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into constructing vast AI data centers, aiming to achieve superintelligence.

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2 w. ago Military leaders aghast as Meta founder Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting on fighter jets: report

Facebook mogul’s sudden appearance is increasingly typical of freewheeling West Wing during Donald Trump’s second term, which president has reportedly nicknamed ‘Grand Central Terminal’

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2 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg unveils superintelligence lab to build superhuman AI

Artificial intelligence effort includes high-profile hires from OpenAI’s ChatGPT team

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2 w. ago WhatsApp AI update means you no longer have to read your messages

Message Summaries feature comes as Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says AI chatbots can serve as friends or therapists

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2 w. ago Meta wins AI copyright lawsuit as US judge rules against authors

Writers accused Facebook owner of breach over using books without permission to train its AI systemMark Zuckerberg’s Meta has won the backing of a judge in a copyright lawsuit brought by a group of authors, in the second legal victory for the US artificial intelligence industry this week.The writers, who included Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, had argued that the Facebook owner had breached copyright law by using their books without permission to train its AI system. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'MAGA Mark' Zuckerberg leaves Meta staff horrified after Joe Rogan chat

The billionaire tech mogul has been dubbed 'MAGA Mark' by staffers following his January appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience.

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3 w. ago Zuckerberg’s political shift didn’t shock Meta staff: ‘The whole time this was all one inch underneath’

Meta has implemented policy shifts that are more closely aligned with the administration since Trump was elected

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4 w. ago OpenAI boss accuses Meta of trying to poach staff with $100m sign

Sam Altman describes offer from Mark Zuckerberg’s company as ‘crazy’, as scramble for talent intensifiesThe boss of OpenAI has claimed that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has tried to poach his top artificial intelligence experts with “crazy” signing bonuses of $100m (£74m), as the scramble for talent in the booming sector intensifies.Sam Altman spoke about the offers in a podcast on Tuesday. They have not been confirmed by Meta. OpenAI, the company that developed ChatGPT, said it had nothing to add beyond its chief executive’s comments. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number

Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helplineThe Meta chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, called it “the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use”. But Barry Smethurst, 41, a record shop worker trying to travel by rail from Saddleworth to Manchester Piccadilly, does not agree.Waiting on the platform for a morning train that was nowhere to be seen, he asked Meta’s WhatsApp AI assistant for a contact number for TransPennine Express. The chatbot confidently sent him a mobile phone number for customer services, but it turned out to be the private number of a completely unconnected WhatsApp user 170 miles away in Oxfordshire. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg tried to poach ChatGPT staff for $100m, OpenAI boss says

Sam Altman also reveals the AI breakthrough that will ‘dwarf everything else’ in the next few years

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