Meta has just released Llama 4, its newest set of artificial intelligence models, designed to process and generate text, images, audio, and video. The first two publicly available versions—Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick—are now open for download, while a more advanced model, Llama 4 Behemoth, remains in development.
Meta has announced a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies in the United States, ending its fact-checking program and easing restrictions on discussions about contentious topics like immigration and gender identity.
The 40-year-old chief executive of Meta -- which owns Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp -- has been carefully trying to mend ties with Trump.
Meta has announced it will make its open-source AI model, Llama, available to US government agencies and contractors working on national security tasks. Previously, Llama was primarily used by researchers and private businesses, but this new development expands its applications to defence and security work, including the US military.
Improvements in AI-driven feeds and video recommendations have led to an 8% rise in time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram this year, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the company's latest quarterly earnings report.
At the annual Meta Connect 2024 event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed a series of product launches and updates, including a new mixed reality headset, its most advanced augmented reality (AR) glasses yet, and new AI-driven features. Here's a look at the key announcements from the event.
Meta’s annual Connect developers conference is set to take place from September 25 to 26, 2024, and is expected to unveil the tech giant's developments in virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI). This year, eyes are on Meta’s hardware releases, alongside potential updates to their AI capabilities. Here’s what to look out for at the event.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms and the founder of Facebook, has recently released an open letter titled "Open source AI is the path forward". In it, he publicly endorsed the use of open-source AI tech, indicating how tech companies could flourish if restrictions regarding AI were lifted by competitors.
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday apologised to families at a US Senate hearing about the impact that social media has on children
Many find social media difficult after a breakup, struggling with seeing posts and pictures of their ex but not wanting to take the drastic measure of deleting or blocking them completely. On Thursday, Facebook announced a new tool that would solve this problem.
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg says India will be crucial to getting "the next billion online" and helping to combat poverty.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is in India to host the next Facebook Townhall Q&A session.
Facebook says it is expanding its mobile alerts to include sports scores, weather updates and local news updates.
Facebook is going to introduce Universal Search allowing the users to explore all public posts on the world's largest social network – that's 2 trillion pieces of searchable content.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announces to visit India on October 28, where he will be hosting the next Facebook Townhall Q&A session.
Facebook is testing a new video section on its platform.
Social network giant Facebook pays just £4,327 ($6,643) in corporation tax in 2014, its latest UK results show.
Facebook will begin testing a new feature allowing users in Ireland and Spain to express a range of emotions on posts starting Friday -- but there will be no "dislike" button, the social network says.
A pact that helped the tech giants and others send personal data from the EU to the US has been ruled invalid.
