Thinking Machines Lab, the AI startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has lost one of its co-founders to Meta. The Wall Street Journal reports that AI researcher Andrew Tulloch announced his departure to employees in a message on Friday. A Thinking Machine Labs spokesperson confirmed Tulloch’s departure to the WSJ, saying he “has decided to pursue a different …
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Campus, a college startup backed by Sam Altman, has hired Meta‘s former AI Vice President Jerome Pesenti as its technology head, the company announced Friday. As part of the deal, Campus will buy Pesenti’s artificial intelligence learning platform Sizzle AI for an undisclosed amount and integrate its personalized AI-generated educational content already used by 1.7 million people. The acquisition advances …
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iFixit has broken down Meta’s Ray-Ban Display glasses, revealing that the tech inside isn’t what makes them special — it’s the glassmaking. iFixit explains that the glass lenses use a reflective geometric waveguide system that bounces some of the light out to the wearer’s eyes at specific angles via partially reflective mirrors, which helps prevent other people from getting a …
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Shares in tech giants Meta Platforms (META) and Apple (AAPL) were higher today as hopes were raised that they are close to settling antitrust disputes with the European Union. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Final Stages According …
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U.S. tech titan Meta Platforms (META) will have to face the wrath of Italian mothers in court because of concerns over child safety. Its shares dropped on the news. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 55% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. As reported by …
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If you’ve been interesting in getting your feet wet in the world of VR gaming, then you don’t want to miss out on these October Prime Day Meta Quest deals. From now until October 12 (or while supplies last), the official Meta Store on eBay is offering the refurbished Meta Quest 3 512GB VR headset for just $359.99 after a …
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Virtual reality is slowly carving out its place in the tech world, but let’s be honest: it’s still a niche market. If you’re curious about VR and mixed reality, dropping $4,000 on an Apple Vision Pro that has limited content and unclear use cases doesn’t make much sense. Your better bet is going with the company that’s been all-in on …
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Movies have the Oscars, TV has the Emmys, music has the Grammys, so why can’t one of the world’s largest social platforms get into the awards game? Instagram, the Meta-owned photo and video platform, is launching Instagram Rings, a new program meant to celebrate the creativity of its more than three billion monthly active users. But of those three billion …
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The App Store charts tell the story, at least for the first week of AI-generated video apps: This doesn’t, somewhat embarrassingly, match my initial impressions: I liked the Vibes addition to the MetaAI app and was somewhat cool on Sora. I spent much of last week’s episode of Sharp Tech exploring why my initial impressions were so off base, and …
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The new Meta Ray-Ban video-recording glasses are being used exactly as you would expect, as some lonely perv is harassing and recording women on the USF campus, and posting his videos of this to social media without the women’s consent. After Facebook/Meta blew a staggering $70 billion developing VR goggles that very few people ever wanted, the company may actually …
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