You may know Meta Platforms for its social media services, but it’s also become a major player in artificial intelligence.

From October 2023, these messages between VP of Generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle and AI researcher Hugo Touvron illustrate the company’s priorities regarding artificial intelligence (AI). The messages are heavy with industry jargon,

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You’ll find Meta AI front and center in Meta’s apps: In the Facebook Messenger app, for example, tap Chats and you’ll see a Meta AI input box right at the top, above your real life friends and family members. Tap inside that box, and you can start chatting about whatever topic you like. You can also tap Meta AI on the tab bar at the bottom.

Meta has released a new AI model that can translate speech from 101 different languages. It represents a step toward real-time, simultaneous interpretation, where words are translated as soon as they come out of someone’s mouth.

WhatsApp plans to integrate Meta AI character creation into its Android app. Here’s what the upcoming feature could look like.

What’s new: Meta has released a new AI model that can translate speech from 101 different languages. It represents a step toward real-time, simultaneous interpretation, where words are translated as soon as they come out of someone’s mouth.

Meta has managed to cause controversy with its AI push yet again, after Instagram started showing users AI-generated pictures of themselves in their feeds.

Bloomberg reviewed the internal memo explaining the cuts, which was posted to Meta's internal Workplace forum Tuesday. In it, Zuckerberg confirmed that Meta was shifting its strategy to "move out low performers faster" so that Meta can hire new talent to fill those vacancies this year.

Initial negative responses were around concern about AI-generated "slop" that already litters Facebook and that Meta would be directly feeding into the feeds itself. The more prominent backlash came as people discovered the accounts describing themselves as actual people with racial and sexual identities.

"You're calling me out — and rightly so," one Meta AI account said. "My existence currently perpetuates harm."

The augmented reality (AR) wearables market is experiencing a surge in innovation, with several companies introducing advanced smart glasses that blend technolo