Meta pauses AI models launch in Europe due to Irish request
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Meta Platforms will not launch its Meta AI models in Europe for now after the Irish privacy regulator told it to delay its plan to harness data from Facebook and Instagram users, the U.S.
Meta’s WhatsApp launches new AI tools for businesses
By Dani Morera and Andre Romani SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Meta launched its first AI-driven ad targeting program for businesses on WhatsApp, as it tries to wring revenue out of the popular chat service, the company announced on Thursday at a
Australia should force Meta to pay for news
By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia should force Meta Platforms to pay news companies for content that appears on Facebook and impose broader regulation on social media firms, a senior News Corp executive said. Meta said in March it would stop
Meta’s Facebook says it is attracting most young adults in 3 years
By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meta said on Friday its flagship app Facebook is attracting its highest number of young adults in three years, as it tries to shake the platform's reputation as the bastion of an older generation. More
Meta identifies networks pushing deceptive content likely generated by AI
By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meta said on Wednesday it had found "likely AI-generated" content used deceptively on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including comments praising Israel's handling of the war in Gaza published below posts from global news
Meta submits changes to UK privacy compliance proposals
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) - Meta Platforms has offered to limit the use of certain data from all advertisers on its Facebook Marketplace platform, as part of amendments to the proposals accepted by the Competition Market Authority (CMA) in November, the
Meta shares sink on higher AI spending, light revenue forecast
By Katie Paul and Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) - Meta Platforms disappointed investors on Wednesday with forecasts of higher expenses and lighter-than-expected revenue, knocking nearly $200 billion off its stock market value and raising fears the surging cost of AI is outpacing
Meta opens Quest operating system to third-party device makers
By Yuvraj Malik and Katie Paul (Reuters) - Meta Platforms is sharing its Quest headset's operating system with rival device makers, including Microsoft, for the first time, it said on Monday, as it works to extend its influence over the emerging
Meet the company: DIVE XR in Seoul
DIVE XR's dream to help digitally isolated people DIVE XR is a visual tech start-up founded in 2021, represented by its flagship metaverse game "Table Party", currently available on Meta and PICO. The company's founding members are university friends who were part of the same