Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has hired three OpenAI researchers to join his superintelligence efforts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The social-media giant has hired Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and Xiaohua Zhai for its superintelligence effort.
Meta on Wednesday prevailed against a group of 13 authors, including Sarah Silverman and Ta-Nehisi Coates, in a major copyright case involving the company's Llama artificial intelligence model. The judge wrote that it "is generally illegal to copy protected works without permission," but in this case, the plaintiffs failed to present a compelling argument that Meta's methods caused "market harm.
A federal judge sided with Meta on Wednesday in a lawsuit brought against the company by 13 book authors, including Sarah Silverman, that alleged the company had illegally trained its AI models on their copyrighted works.
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday for Meta Platforms against a group of authors who had argued that its use of their books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system infringed their copyrights.
Shares of Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) gained 2.01% over the past five trading sessions, bringing the stock's year-to-date gain to 18.85%.
Meta is building the largest data center in the Western Hemisphere on a sprawling site in rural Northeastern Louisiana. The state offered billions of dollars in tax breaks to win the project, and the local utility will supply three new power plants.
After a wave of mass bans impacting Instagram and Facebook users alike, Meta users are now complaining that Facebook Groups are also being impacted by mass suspensions. According to individual complaints and organized efforts on sites like Reddit to share information, the bans have impacted thousands of groups both in the U.S. and abroad, and have spanned various categories.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is on an artificial intelligence talent acquisition spree, reportedly approaching several high-profile AI startups for a potential acquisition. [contact-form-7] According to multiple news reports, these startups included the following: Perplexity AI Runway Thinking Machines, which was co-founded by OpenAI's former CTO Mira Murati.
Meta is pushing back against a ban on WhatsApp from government devices. The Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives told staffers on Monday they're not allowed to use WhatsApp due to a lack of transparency about its data privacy and security practices.
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