Zuckerberg’s AI Lab: No Deadlines, Few Seats, Big Stakes

Zuckerberg’s AI Lab: No Deadlines, Few Seats, Big Stakes

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has set out how the company’s’superintelligence’ lab will run: a deliberately small, flat, deadline-free research unit built for extreme talent density, aimed at advancing artificial general intelligence (AGI). The lab is expanding on the back of Meta’s reported ~49% investment in Scale AI and Alexandr Wang’s move to Meta. This…

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US Takes Aim At Zuckerberg’s Social Media Kingdom

US Takes Aim At Zuckerberg’s Social Media Kingdom

Barring any eleventh-hour intervention, social media juggernaut Meta will stand trial next week facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors. By moving forward, the trial in a Washington federal court dashes any hopes from Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg that the return…

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Meta apologises for CEO Zuckerberg’s India election remark, says ‘inadvertent error’

Meta apologises for CEO Zuckerberg’s India election remark, says ‘inadvertent error’

IANS Social media giant Meta on Wednesday apologised to the Indian government over its Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on the 2024 General Elections, saying it was an “inadvertent error” on Zuckerberg’s part and India remains an “important country” for them. The company was set to be summoned by a Parliamentary panel over “incorrect…

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Political Chess Or True Beliefs? Zuckerberg’s Surprise Trump Pivot

Political Chess Or True Beliefs? Zuckerberg’s Surprise Trump Pivot

The clean cut hair has grown, his college kid’s hoodie is now a gold chain, and his politics have swerved hard right. Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook and Instagram, on Tuesday accused governments and so-called legacy media of pushing censorship, and vowed to take his world-dominating platforms back to their “roots.” “We’re restoring free…

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1 Million To Trump Inauguration: Report

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates  Million To Trump Inauguration: Report

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, according to the Wall Street Journal. The donation comes just weeks after Zuckerberg traveled to Mar-a-Lago to have dinner with Trump and some of his top White House advisers. Zuckerberg’s contribution also comes as Big Tech reaches out…

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Zuckerberg’s metaverse gamble pays off with US$201 billion fortune

Zuckerberg’s metaverse gamble pays off with US1 billion fortune

MARK Zuckerberg’s bet on the metaverse initially looked like a colossal mistake, wiping more than US$100 billion from his net worth. But now it’s paying off big-time. Buoyed by a record-high Meta Platforms share price, Zuckerberg’s net worth has climbed almost six times in less than two years to US$201 billion, the first time he’s…

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Swords, Headsets And Indian Wedding For Zuckerberg’s Asia Tour

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates  Million To Trump Inauguration: Report

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg was in Japan on Monday on a mini-Asia tour involving sword-making, mixed-reality headsets in Seoul and reportedly also lavish pre-wedding celebrations for an Indian multi-billionaire’s son. Zuckerberg posted footage on Sunday on social media of a “special afternoon learning about making katanas” with a sword master, including of him hammering molten…

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Zuckerberg’s Asia tour to range from AI to Ambani wedding party

Zuckerberg’s Asia tour to range from AI to Ambani wedding party

MARK Zuckerberg is poised for a packed week in Asia, with stops in Japan, South Korea and India to work on artificial intelligence (AI) services and forge ties with business and government leaders in the region. Meta Platforms’ chief executive officer, who’s been in Japan the past week to accompany his family on a ski…

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