Meta’s chief AI scientist quits
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Meta just released the third generation of its SAM series, which stands for "segment anything models." These AI models are focused on visual intelligence, and they will power improvements to how you edit content on Meta's platforms.
The Facebook and Instagram parent is "trying to punch above its weight" as it races to compete with its fellow tech giants, says one Wall Street analyst firm.
The market has been quite unforgiving to the big names in AI, especially those with hefty AI spending plans. As Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) looks at more elevated AI expenditures in the new year, the Magnificent Seven darling and one of the more aggressive AI spenders might be poised to stay in the penalty box for
Mark Zuckerberg loves LLMs. AI star Yann LeCun doesn't, which explains why he's leaving: "They are sucking the air out of the room."
This significant drop indicates renewed worries among investors concerning the company’s aggressive expenditure on both AI infrastructure and its Reality Labs division.
Meta’s chief revenue officer is leaving at a time when Wall Street has become more concerned about the return on AI investments.
Thinking Machines Lab, led by Mira Murati, hires Meta AI veteran Soumith Chintala as it rapidly expands its team and prepares for major funding.
The new framework sidesteps costly and risky real-world rollouts by generating synthetic training data, making powerful agentic AI more accessible.