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Meta brings its short-form video feed of AI slop to Europe
Meta says that since the launch of Vibes, media generation in the Meta AI app has jumped more than tenfold....
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Why it matters:
Meta's launch of Vibes in Europe highlights the growing importance of AI-generated content, but raises questions about the quality and authenticity of such content
Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup
Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world ...
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Why it matters:
Yann LeCun's departure from Meta highlights the ongoing competition and evolution in the AI research landscape, with key players shifting their focus and strategies.
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Former Meta employees launch a ring to take voice notes and control music
A raft of voice-based hardware devices have emerged, aimed at companionship, productivity, or personal growth. These include card-shaped devices from ...
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Why it matters:
The Stream smart ring offers a unique take on hands-free voice interaction, and its success will depend on its ability to offer genuine convenience and value in a crowded market.
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Former Meta employees launch Sandbar, a smart ring that takes voice notes and controls music
Former Meta employees launch Sandbar, maker of smart ring that takes voice notes and controls music
Former Meta employees launch Stream, a smart ring that takes voice notes and controls music
Nebius Reports Bigger Q3 Net Income Loss, Announces Meta AI Deal - Investor's Business Daily
Nebius Reports Bigger Q3 Net Income Loss, Announces Meta AI Deal Investor's Business DailyThis AI Stock Has Soared 475%, But Here's 1 Reason It Still ...
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Why it matters:
The announcement highlights Nebius's growing presence in the AI infrastructure market, particularly with its deal to supply Meta Platforms.
Meta’s Generative Ads Model (GEM): The Central Brain Accelerating Ads Recommendation AI Innovation - Engineering at Meta
Meta’s Generative Ads Model (GEM): The Central Brain Accelerating Ads Recommendation AI Innovation Engineering at Meta...
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Why it matters:
The introduction of GEM represents a paradigm shift in ads recommendation systems, enabling Meta to deliver more personalized and relevant ad experiences for users and advertisers.
The AI Data Center Boom Is Warping the US Economy
Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon are investing tens of billions in data centers. AI infrastructure is now a key driver of US economic growth....
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Why it matters:
The AI data center spending surge poses significant risks to the US economy, including energy price inflation, job displacement, and market instability.
Your Meta Ray-Bans are getting several video-recording upgrades for free - and Oakley models, too
Smoother and longer video recording is coming to older Meta smart glasses, but there's more to the November firmware update....
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Why it matters:
This update is a significant improvement for Meta's smart glasses, offering enhanced video recording capabilities and user experience.
This AI smart ring lets you record voice notes with a whisper
Another AI-powered wearable is coming to market. It’s not a pendant like Friend, nor a wristband like Amazon’s Bee. This time, it’s a smart ring calle...
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Why it matters:
The Stream Ring represents a new type of AI-powered wearable device that may have implications for note-taking and productivity, but its true value remains to be seen.
TAI #178: Kimi K2 Thinking Steals the Open-Source Crown With a New Agentic Contender
Also, Qwen3-Max-Thinking, META Omnilingual ASR, TPUs in space, and more.What happened this week in AI by LouieThe AI playing field was reshaped yet ag...
Meta AI Releases Omnilingual ASR: A Suite of Open-Source Multilingual Speech Recognition Models for 1600+ Languages
How do you build a single speech recognition system that can understand 1,000’s of languages including many that never had working ASR (automatic spee...
Judge Wary of Authors’ Bid for More Meta Records in AI Lawsuit - Bloomberg Law News
Judge Wary of Authors’ Bid for More Meta Records in AI Lawsuit Bloomberg Law News...
SAP’s AI Model “sap-rpt-1” is a Research Project, Not a Revolution
The FACTSThis week, SAP celebrates TechEd, its annual technology conference.In it, one of the announcements is that SAP’s research division made its f...
Enter IBM Granite 4.0 Nano: A New Era of Accessible Intelligence
Photo by Claudio Schwarz on UnsplashIBM Granite 4.0 Nano isn’t just about making smaller LLMs; it’s about making them smarter and more useful where th...
"Metamorph isn't about replacing the human voice – it's about expanding what's possible when human creativity meets responsible AI": Antares unveils MetaMorph voice modelling plugin - MusicRadar
"Metamorph isn't about replacing the human voice – it's about expanding what's possible when human creativity meets responsible AI": Antares unveils M...
How Can We Build Scalable and Reproducible Machine Learning Experiment Pipelines Using Meta Research Hydra?
In this tutorial, we explore Hydra, an advanced configuration management framework originally developed and open-sourced by Meta Research. We begin by...
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