Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company’s business model, and that while tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers, the compa…

Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang are part of Trump’s new ‘tech panel’
Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang are part of Trump’s new ‘tech panel’

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle CTO and executive chairman Larry Ellison, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Google cofounder Sergey Brin will be the first four members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), according to the Wall Street Journal. The panel, which will “weigh in on AI policy,” will include 13 […]

Meta turns to AI to make shopping easier on Instagram and Facebook

Meta is using generative AI to provide more product and brand information to consumers when they’re shopping in its apps.

You are about to see a flood of product recommendations on Instagram and Facebook

Your Instagram and Facebook feeds are about to get more shoppable, as Meta rolls out new affiliate tools that let creators tag products directly inside posts and Reels, pushing more buying opportunities into your scroll.

New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching

The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.

Instagram and Facebook are about to be filled with affiliate content
Instagram and Facebook are about to be filled with affiliate content

Instagram and Facebook content will soon have shopping links baked into posts, essentially cutting out third-party “link in bio”-style tools. Meta announced Tuesday that it’s adding commerce features on the two platforms, though the functionality will be slightly different for each. On Facebook, content creators will be able to link their affiliate accounts they have […]

Meta misled users about its products’ safety, jury decides
Meta misled users about its products’ safety, jury decides

Meta willfully violated New Mexico law by misleading users about the safety of its products and engaging in an unconscionable trade practice, a jury found. The company will face a $375 million penalty for the violations, awarding the maximum penalty of $5,000 per violation for 37,500 violations across two counts. The jury decided against Meta […]

Arm’s first CPU ever will plug into Meta’s AI data centers later this year
Arm’s first CPU ever will plug into Meta’s AI data centers later this year

After decades of only licensing its chip designs for others to use, UK-based Arm revealed the first chip it’s producing on its own, and the first customer. Dubbed the Arm AGI CPU, it’s another chip designed for inference, or running the cloud processing for AI tools like AI agents that can continue to spawn more […]

Meta’s reckoning over kids safety is in the hands of two juries
Meta’s reckoning over kids safety is in the hands of two juries

Two juries are currently deliberating a series of cases that could either usher in a legal reckoning for Meta, or maintain the status quo in an uphill battle to impose changes or penalties on tech platforms in court. Yesterday, a New Mexico jury heard closing arguments in a trial where Meta is accused of facilitating […]

Meta’s CEO is developing a personal AI assistant to handle executive duties
Meta’s CEO is developing a personal AI assistant to handle executive duties

Mark Zuckerberg is building an AI agent designed to assist him with his duties as chief executive of Meta. According to reporting by the Wall Street Journal, the system remains in development but already functions as an on-demand information tool that …