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Ex-Elon Musk loyalist who slept on X office floor hired by Mark Zuckerberg
Esther Crawford praised her new boss, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, for his "vision and intensity."
Meta shares plunge nearly 11%, leaving Mark Zuckerberg $18B poorer
Meta plunged nearly 11% Thursday after the Facebook-parent forecast higher expenses over its plans to "invest aggressively" in artificial intelligence. The Mark Zuckerberg-led tech giant's stock closed at $441.38 -- wiping...
Mark Zuckerberg made just $1 salary from Meta in 2023 – and $24.4M in ‘other compensation'
According to a proxy filing statement, the lion's share of this "other compensation" covered Zuckerberg's security costs.
Meta shares drop after warning of weak revenue growth, higher AI expenses
Meta's shares dropped about 10% in extended trade following the report, evaporating $125 billion worth of stock market value.
Meta spokesman gets 6-year prison sentence by Russian court after being convicted in absentia
The authorities also outlawed Meta as an extremist organization and blocked Facebook and Instagram in Russia.
Google CEO tells staffers the office is not a place to 'debate politics' after firing 28 for anti-Israel sit-ins
Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent a 1,200-word memo to his global workforce after pro-Palestinian staffers stormed offices in New York, Seattle and Sunnyvale, Calif.
Zuckerberg's Meta releases early versions of Llama 3 AI model in bid to catch ChatGPT
The updated Meta AI assistant will be given more prominent billing within Meta's Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger apps as well as a new standalone website that positions it to compete more directly...
Meta's oversight board probing Facebook, Instagram response to deepfake porn: report
Taylor Swift and US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have been victims of artificial intelligence-generated deepfake porn in recent months.
Congressional panels that slashed DOJ antitrust funds have cozy ties to Big Tech: watchdogs
Last month, Congressional appropriators faced sharp criticism from antitrust hawks after a spending package included $45 million cut to the DOJ's antitrust wing.
Trump-backing VR visionary Palmer Luckey clashes with Meta exec over his 2017 firing: 'Make everything public'
Facebook has repeatedly denied that Luckey, who sold Oculus to Meta for $2 billion in 2014, was forced out over his political beliefs.
The plight of a Kansas newspaper shows is the new face of censorship via AI
Facebook's AI bot flagged an article about climate change as a security threat, showing its bias. Google's chat bot was also accused of doing something similar earlier this year.
Meta to blur Instagram messages containing nudity in latest move for teen safety
Instagram will test features that blur messages containing nudity to safeguard teens and prevent potential scammers from reaching them, its parent Meta said on Thursday as it tries to allay concerns...
3 zodiac signs most likely to be billionaires revealed — did you make the cut?
In a surprise to absolutely no one, 88% of billionaires are male, 65% are white, and 90% are 50 or older.
Zucker punched: Mark Zuckerberg passes Elon Musk on billionaires list for first time since 2020
Mark Zuckerberg is now worth $186.9 billion compared to Elon Musk's paltry $180.6 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Meta's AI image generator struggles to render photos of Asian people dating white men or women -- even though Mark Zuckerberg is married to Priscilla Chan
An attempt to create the image with prompts that read “Asian man and Caucasian friend” consistently returned results that showed two Asians together.
Facebook, Instagram adding 'Made with AI' labels to fight deepfakes ahead of election
The move expands a policy that previously addressed only a narrow slice of doctored videos.
Mark Zuckerberg told Meta executives to 'figure out' how to crack encrypted Snapchat data: court docs
At the time, Facebook was facing fierce competition from a rising Snapchat, which has yet to go public and was experiencing rapid user growth.
Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg have personally recruited AI staffers as talent war heats up
Meta is looking to lure AI talent by extending job offers without interviewing the candidates, according to a report.
Meta worker rips company's 'toxic' ban on controversial topics after probe over anti-Israel letter
A Meta employee took to social media to bash a "toxic" company policy that bars staffers from discussing controversial topics in the workplace -- after accusing the tech behemoth of...
Apple, Google, Meta face EU probe for potential violations of sweeping Digital Markets Act
If the Big Tech firms are found to have violated the Digital Markets Act, EU regulators can impose fines of up to 10% of their global revenue.