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Meta released Muse Glimmer, a 30B open-weights model designed to run AI agents on consumer hardware, signaling Zuckerberg's vision of distributed superintelligence.

Meta, Google, and Snapchat are rolling back AI features after public pressure, signaling that user consent concerns are shifting industry behavior.

A New Mexico judge imposed a second major penalty against Meta, bringing total fines to $942M and mandating platform changes including Like count restrictions and notification curfews for minors.

Meta releases Muse Code, a terminal-based AI agent powered by Muse Spark that orchestrates sub-agents to handle large-scale software engineering tasks across distributed worktrees.

Researchers found over 50 ads containing AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery running on Meta's platforms for nine months, approved by the company's own review system.

Mark Zuckerberg outlined Meta's strategy to build consumer-friendly AI agents that operate continuously, positioning them as the foundation for future revenue growth.

Meta CEO projects a future where autonomous agents handle finance, health, and household management on behalf of individual users by 2031.

While robotic hands and AI breakthroughs dominate headlines, MIT Technology Review highlights the overlooked—and deliberately unsexy—developments reshaping the industry.

Meta's new advertisement pairs an optimistic message about AI connecting people with a 1972 David Bowie song originally written about Earth's final years.

Meta's latest advertisement promoting AI optimism uses David Bowie's 'Five Years,' a track about humanity facing imminent death—an ironic choice that undercuts its own message.

Meta launches its own invisible watermarking system for AI-generated images, but industry observers question why it didn't adopt Google's already-established SynthID.

Meta is piloting StoryKit, an app that generates personalized children's stories with custom characters and lessons, raising questions about automation's role in parenting.

Meta disabled Instagram AI image generation after three days of user backlash, but the broader pattern of enabled-by-default AI features persists across tech platforms.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told staff that AI agent development has lagged behind internal expectations, casting doubt on the company's aggressive $145B infrastructure bet.

Meta quietly rolled out Pocket on June 29, enabling users to generate interactive games via AI prompts—the result of its 2026 acquisition of the Gizmo platform.

Meta is introducing a paid tier for advanced AI features on Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses, signaling a shift toward recurring revenue in consumer hardware.

Meta is preparing to sell compute capacity and host AI models as a new revenue stream, following SpaceX's lead in transforming data-center assets into profitable services.

Meta contractors impersonated teenagers in a systematic effort to test how rival chatbots responded to harmful prompts about suicide, sex, and drugs.

Meta is testing a stand-alone Creator Studio app with built-in AI assistance, aiming to reduce creator reliance on third-party tools like ChatGPT.

Meta launches three new smart glasses lines without Ray-Ban co-branding, starting at $299—$80 below the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2.

Meta paused its Model Compatibility Initiative following a security breach that exposed keystroke and screen-capture data to internal staff.

A security lapse left sensitive employee laptop activity accessible to Meta staff, raising questions about surveillance safeguards and consent.

Social platforms are replacing opaque recommendation systems with user-facing tools that let people explicitly shape what they see in their feeds.

Meta's new AI-powered search feature draws on Facebook and Instagram posts to answer queries, but early testing reveals it hallucinates citations and delivers outdated information.

Andrew Bosworth admits Meta botched the Applied AI division launch and outlines changes to restore employee trust and career clarity.

Meta's new AI Mode search feature uses publicly shared content across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads to generate AI-powered search results, mirroring Google's Reddit integration strategy.

Meta launches AI-powered search feature that synthesizes Facebook posts, Groups, and Reels into conversational answers, joining the platform's broader AI monetization push.

Meta tested facial recognition software from Rank One Computing, a defense contractor, in its Ray-Ban smart glasses app before removing the dormant system.

Meta has begun operational separation from the AI startup Manus following a Chinese government divestiture demand on national security grounds.

Thousands of Meta engineers drafted into a data-labeling unit report morale collapse, with some calling the work 'soul-crushing' and describing their assignment as involuntary.

Meta and Reliance Industries announced a 168 MW AI data center in Gujarat, marking Meta's initial infrastructure play in India's rapidly expanding AI compute market.

Meta removed embedded facial-recognition components from its Meta AI app following WIRED's investigation, but questions about the NameTag system's scope and intent remain unanswered.

Meta's standalone AI app now auto-generates clickbait-style articles with AI-created text, images, and prompts—often fabricated or misattributed to real sources.

Attackers bypassed Meta's AI support agent through simple prompts, revealing that vulnerable automation—not superintelligent hackers—poses the more immediate AI security threat.

A copyright case against Meta's Llama model now targets individual scientists, potentially shifting personal liability for AI training decisions.

Texas attorneys claim Meta can read WhatsApp messages despite decades of end-to-end encryption promises, citing a closed federal investigation.

Meta faces record profits alongside plummeting employee morale after mass layoffs; Google I/O debuts agentic search; Elon Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit.

Ahead of Wednesday's mass layoff affecting roughly 8,000 workers, Meta staff are depleting annual wellness credits and flexible benefits while morale plummets.

Defense contractor Anduril is developing augmented-reality headsets for soldiers, including a $159M Army contract and a self-funded alternative, with production timelines uncertain.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces Incognito Chat for Meta AI, claiming end-to-end encryption means not even Meta can read user conversations.

After a year testing dozens of AI-powered eyewear products, The Verge finds the category's main appeal is discretion — and that's not enough to sustain a market.