Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion over a decade and change Facebook and Instagram safeguards after states accused the platforms of harming young users.
Meta is facing a landmark youth safety trial backed by 29 states, while thousands of related lawsuits threaten to reshape how social platforms serve children.
Meta is spending hundreds of millions of dollars annually on Microsoft Azure AI services, using outside models to test its systems while building its own technology.
Meta’s new Mac app brings screen-aware AI, system-wide dictation and creative tools to Apple silicon computers as the company targets productivity users.
Meta faces landmark youth safety litigation as New Mexico courts impose $942 million in penalties and states challenge its treatment of young users.
Mark Zuckerberg’s 6,500-word AI manifesto joins a wave of executive essays designed to sell personal agents, defend business strategies, and claim authority over AI’s future.
Alibaba says its Qwen open-weight models surpassed 3 billion global downloads in 6 months, overtaking Meta and Google while building a rapidly expanding developer ecosystem.
Meta released the open-weight Glimmer model while a reported $250 million AI talent package drew scrutiny over its collapse and alleged fraud.
India’s AI expansion is driving rapid data-center investment while forcing a harder debate over electricity supply, grid capacity, water use and cleaner power.
Mark Zuckerberg’s 6,500-word manifesto argues that personal AI agents and broad access to superintelligence will reshape work, entrepreneurship, creativity, and everyday life.
Meta released Muse Glimmer, a 30-billion-parameter open-weight model that runs on a single consumer GPU, bringing customizable agentic AI to personal computers.
Meta released its first AI coding agent, Muse Code, alongside an upgraded Muse Spark 1.1 model with aggressive pricing, stepping into direct competition with OpenAI and Anthropic for enterprise developer dollars.
Governor Greg Abbott ordered a comprehensive audit and immediate freeze on new data center connections in Texas on August 4, 2026, citing the need to protect the state's power grid reliability.
The EU AI Act's rules on AI models become enforceable today, requiring companies to disclose AI interactions and marking the first comprehensive law regulating artificial intelligence globally.
Mark Zuckerberg detailed Meta's plan to build personal AI agents for billions of users within five years, starting with a focus on health and relationships while his own CEO agent bypasses internal hierarchies.
