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Open AI to review compensation after Meta poaches several researchers – Computerworld
Following reports that Meta had hired away prominent researchers from OpenAI — in some cases offering $100 million — the company is now saying it will review compensation. According to Wired, OpenAI’s management reportedly told employees they will not stand by and watch this happen. In a Slack message to staff, OpenAI’s chief scientist, Mark Chen, reportedly wrote: “I feel…
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Meta and Anthropic cases make AI copyright even more complicated
In the past week, big AI companies have — in theory — chalked up two big legal wins. But things are not quite as straightforward as they may seem, and copyright law hasn’t been this exciting since last month’s showdown at the Library of Congress. First, Judge William Alsup ruled it was fair use for Anthropic to train on a…
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Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
During a company-wide all-hands meeting on Thursday, some of Meta’s top executives were asked about the “$100 million signing bonuses” that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed they had been offering to poach his employees. “Sam is just being dishonest here,” Andrew Bosworth, Meta’s CTO, said at the meeting when asked about Altman’s remarks. “He’s suggesting that we’re doing this for…
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Meta adds privacy feature to WhatsApp days after US House ban – Computerworld
Using genAI processing to summarize personal messages marks the first time Meta has applied Private Processing, Meta said. “We expect there will be others where the same or similar infrastructure might be beneficial in processing user requests,” the company explained. Meta last week added secure keys to Facebook messaging, which provides an extra authentication layer for users to access messages.…
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What are Gemini, Claude, and Meta doing with our data? – Computerworld
Privacy concerns are important, he said, “but it doesn’t mean organizations should avoid large language models altogether. If you’re hosting models yourself, on-prem or through secure cloud services like Amazon Bedrock, you can ensure that no data is retained by the model.” St-Maurice pointed out that, in these scenarios, “the LLM functions strictly as a processor, like your laptop’s CPU.…
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Oakley’s New Meta AI-Powered Smart Glasses Look Slick
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Today, Meta announced a collaboration with Oakley to release limited-edition Oakley HSTN smart glasses, along with AI integration in other Oakley models. The special edition Oakley HSTN (pronounced “HOW-stun”) glasses feature gold accents and Oakley gold-tinted PRIZM lenses and will retail for $499. They will be available for preorder on…
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Xbox-Branded Meta Quest 3S Leaks Ahead of June Reveal
Xbox’s platform-agnostic vision is about to enter uncharted territory, at least if this leak proves accurate. According to several reports and an image posted by @Zuby_Tech on X, Team Green partnered with Meta for an Xbox-themed edition of the Quest 3S VR Headset. Rumors surrounding the collaboration have been circulating since 2024, and we may be approaching its official reveal…
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Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence
At this point, it’s becoming easier to say which AI startups Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t looked at acquiring. In addition to Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence (SSI), sources tell me the Meta CEO recently discussed buying ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab and Perplexity, the AI-native Google rival. None of these talks progressed to the formal offer stage for various reasons,…
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Meta tried to lure OpenAI employees with billion-dollar salaries – Computerworld
After reports suggested Meta has tried to poach employees from OpenAI and Google Deepmind by offering huge compensation packages, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighed in, saying those reports are true. He confirmed them during a podcast with his brother Jack Altman. “There have been huge offers to a lot of our team,” said Sam Altman, “like $100 million in sign-on…
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Meta is making all Facebook videos reels
Meta is making a change to how sharing videos works on Facebook. Right now, you can share videos as a video from the post composer or as a reel, and both have different sharing workflows. In “the coming months,” however, “all videos on Facebook will be shared as reels,” according to a blog post. “Facebook remains a home for all…
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