Threads ups its game with DMs, distancing itself from Instagram's shadow

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Starting today, users on Threads will be able to text people directly via the app, through Direct Messages.

Meta's chief AI scientist says all countries should contribute data to a shared open-source AI model

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Yann LeCun speaking onstage.
Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist, talks about AI regulation.

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Meta says online harassment is up and false flags are down following a change in content moderation policies

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Meta sees an uptick in online harassment and graphic content in the first quarter of 2025.

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Mark Zuckerberg and Palmer Luckey end their beef and partner to build extended reality tech for the US military

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Palmer Luckey (left) and Mark Zuckerberg (right)
Palmer Luckey (left) and Mark Zuckerberg (right)

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Better late than never? WhatsApp finally arrives on iPad for more seamless messaging

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After years of waiting, WhatsApp has officially launched its native app for Apple iPads, bringing its full suite of messaging and calling features to iPadOS.

Meta's Llama AI team has been bleeding talent. Many top researchers have joined French AI startup Mistral.

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Timothee Lacroix, Arthur Mensch, Guillaume Lample Mistral AI.
Timothée Lacroix, Arthur Mensch, and Guillaume Lample are the co-founders of Mistral AI. Lacroix and Lample were two of the authors of Meta's original Llama paper.

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I mentor startups outside my Meta product job. I tell founders to take 3 steps to sell their AI vision.

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Mahesh Chayel, a product management lead at Meta, told BI the three steps founders need to take to sell their AI vision.

Mahesh Chayel

Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun says current AI models lack 4 key human traits

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Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist
Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, says AI lacks key human traits, requiring a shift in how they are trained.

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Meta beats Android XR to the punch by making Instagram scrolling spatial

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Meta announced a test for Quest users on Instagram that brings a 3D, spatial experience when scrolling.

Instagram and Facebook are hardly social media apps anymore. Here's the proof.

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