“This will be a defining year for AI,” the CEO wrote in a Facebook post.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company plans to significantly up its capital expenditures this year as it aims to keep pace with rivals in the cutthroat AI space.
The social-media giant plans to spend between $60 billion and $65 billion, the latest sign of tech companies' accelerating investments into AI.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is planning a $60B-$65B investment in AI for 2025. Zuckerberg said the company's data center in Louisiana will be near the size of Manhattan.
Meta is making huge investments in artificial intelligence. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the Facebook parent company will spend up to $65 billion on AI-related projects this year.
CNBC's Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discuss the latest news from Meta.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is targeting $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditures this year. That's well above Wall Street's $51 billion forecast.
Much of the investment will go into increasing the company's footprint in data centers, which provide the computing power that A.I. products and algorithms require.
Meta Platforms will invest $60 billion to $65 billion in capital expenditure in 2025, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Friday.
Europe should take greater risks and plow more money into artificial intelligence, Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun told AFP at the World Economic Forum.
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Meta's engagement is steady after the company cut fact-checking and diversity programs. A potential TikTok ban might've overshadowed concerns about the policy changes.