Threads users can chat in real-time conversations during big cultural events.
When workers complained, they were reportedly told there's no way to opt out.
Meta Platforms ramps up AI data center spending with massive capex plans, new Tulsa project, and key partnerships beyond ads.
A Wall Street analyst is maintaining a cautious stance on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) stock even as broader market experts remain bullish on the social media giant.
Meta has found a new source of training data for its AI models: its own employees. The company plans to use data culled from the mouse movements and keystrokes of its own staff in its pursuit to build more capable and efficient artificial intelligence.
The Consumer Federation of America has filed a class-action complaint against Meta Platforms alleging that the social-media giant has profited from advertising for fraudulent activities on its platforms and misled users about its efforts to combat the problem.
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it has begun construction on a new data center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a project valued at more than $1 billion, as the Facebook-parent races to build AI infrastructure for securing computing power.
Meta Platforms, Inc. is set to release its Q1 on Wednesday, the 29th. META is coming off a record finish to fiscal 2025, with record quarterly Q4 sales, as well as forecasts for a massive increase in CAPEX through 2026. META stock is flat YTD but up about 13% in the last month.
Meta (META +0.05%) is making a massive push across AI infrastructure, smart glasses, and platform monetization, and that combination could become far more powerful than the market expects. The key question is whether these bets start reinforcing each other before rising costs weigh too heavily on sentiment.
Meta is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees' computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training its artificial-intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents that can perform work tasks autonomously, the company told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters.
This tech powerhouse generates billions of dollars in earnings from its core business. The company is building out a significant presence in AI.
The social-media giant is aiming to cut around 8,000 employees in May as it continues to invest heavily in AI products.