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Meta Platforms (META) is taking its next big step in technology by moving into humanoid robots. The company is not looking to lead on hardware design. Instead, Meta aims to build a software platform that other manufacturers can use, much like Google’s Android model for smartphones. Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth described the effort as an investment on the scale …

An internal Meta document obtained by Business Insider reveals the latest guidelines it uses to train and evaluate its AI chatbot on one of the most sensitive online issues: child sexual exploitation. The guidelines, used by contractors to test how Meta’s chatbot responds to child sexual exploitation, violent crimes, and other high-risk categories, set out what type of content is …

Michael Abrash described how future Meta glasses will have always-on “contextual AI”, and Mark Zuckerberg thinks this will arrive in less than 5 years. Meta Connect 2025 took place last week, and you can read about all the near-term product announcements here. Most years though, including this year, Meta’s Reality Labs Chief Scientist Michael Abrash gives a talk about the …

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Meta has announced three new features for the Quest headset. Horizon TV is a new hub for all your streaming content. Also new is a way to make a digital copy of your room. At last week’s Meta Connect 2025 event, we got our expected peek …

Meta’s (META) artificial intelligence system, Llama, is the latest toolkit from a U.S. tech giant to be approved by the American government for use by its agencies. The update comes several weeks after Google’s (GOOGL) Gemini, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, and Anthropic’s Claude were also sanctioned for use in government operations. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% …

Google and Apple have smartphones. Meta doesn’t, and they’re hoping to wrest that smartphone out of your hand with their new display glasses. The newly unveiled Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses feature a high-res, in-lens color display that can show you messages, notifications, navigation guidance and even real-time language translation. A built-in camera can capture images …

A former Meta executive who wrote an explosive exposé making allegations about the social media company’s dealings with China and its treatment of teenagers is said to be “on the verge of bankruptcy” after publishing the book. An MP has claimed in parliament that Mark Zuckerberg’s company was trying to “silence and punish” Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former director of global …

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I got to wear the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses at Meta Connect 2025 on Wednesday. And while they are a long way from replacing your smartphone, they are good enough to make it clear that smart glasses are a lot better when they include a heads-up display.  From what …

According to multiple reports, including Bloomberg and Reuters, Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is in advanced talks with Meta Platforms (META) for a multi-year cloud deal worth about $20 billion. The agreement would give Meta access to Oracle’s cloud power to train and run large AI models. The terms are not yet final and may still change, but the size signals how …

Meta has used back-to-school pictures of schoolgirls to advertise one of its social media platforms to a 37-year-old man, in a move parents described as “outrageous” and “upsetting”. The man noticed that posts encouraging him to “get Threads”, Mark Zuckerberg’s rival to Elon Musk’s X, were being dropped into his Instagram feed featuring embedded posts of uniformed girls as young …