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Meta’s $14.3B stake triggers Scale AI customer exodus, could be a windfall for rivals like Mercor – Computerworld
However, Droege asserted that Scale is “one of the only providers capable of serving customers at volume” with the “largest network of experts training AI.” Going forward, the company will focus on building out its applications business units and will continue to be model-agnostic and human-driven, he said. “The spike in competition from players like Surge, Turing, and Invisible gives…
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Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Are Currently a Neat $60 Off
Brand Ray-Ban Speakers 2 custom-built speakers Dimensions Temple length: 150mm, lens height: 40.6mm Connectivity Bluetooth 5.3 and Wi-Fi 2.4 – 5Ghz Included accessory Charging case Embraced by the next generation of culture makers, its journey continues with AI-enhanced wearable tech. Listen, call, capture, and live stream features are seamlessly integrated within the classic frame. Smart glasses are a concept that’s…
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Meta’s new architecture helps robots interact in environments they’ve never seen before – Computerworld
Meta is also releasing three new benchmarks to evaluate how well models can use video to reason about the physical world. These include IntPhys 2, which measures models’ ability to distinguish between physically plausible and implausible “physics breaking” scenarios, minimal Video Pairs (MVPBench), which tests models’ physical understanding abilities through multiple choice questions, and CausalVQA, which measures models’ ability to…
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Meta’s reportedly shopping for exclusive content on its upcoming VR headset
The Wall Street Journal reports Meta is in talks with Disney and A24 to try and secure exclusive streaming content for a new headset it’s developing. WSJ says Meta’s new device is a glasses-like headset codenamed “Loma,” with an external puck you slip into your pocket. Meta is reportedly seeking new and existing licensed content that would be exclusive to…
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Meta’s beef with the press flares at its antitrust trial
Long-simmering tension between Silicon Valley and the press that covers it is surfacing during the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial against Meta. During a heated cross-examination of the FTC’s key economic expert, Scott Hemphill, Meta’s lead attorney, Mark Hansen, noted that Hemphill joined Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes and former Biden official Tim Wu in pitching regulators on an antitrust probe…
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Meta’s AI chatbot will soon have a standalone app
Meta is planning to launch a dedicated app for its AI chatbot, according to a report from CNBC. The Verge can also confirm that Meta is working on the standalone app. The new app could launch in the second quarter of this year, CNBC says, joining the growing number of standalone AI apps, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft…
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The fallout of Meta’s content moderation overhaul
Meta is eliminating its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs because of the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts” in the US, according to a memo to employees seen by Axios. Meta will also roll back representation goals and end its “diverse slate approach” to hiring. The memo, which was written by Janelle Gale, Meta’s vice…
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Meta’s Terrible AI Profiles Are Going Viral
Meta might not be the first company that comes to mind when you think of generative AI, but they are a big part of the current artificial intelligence race. The company has its own AI model, Llama, has added “Meta AI” to all of its big products—whether you like it or not (you don’t). Meta even wants you to try…
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Meta’s ‘software update issue’ has been breaking Quest headsets for weeks
Meta updated a note on the top of its Quest support site to say that a “software update issue” has been bricking Quest 2, Quest 3, and Quest 3S headsets. The company writes that while “most” people can now use their headsets normally, it’s “actively working on resolving the issue for all users.” That Meta is now saying it’s working…
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Your PC Can’t Handle Meta’s New Llama AI Model (Probably)
Meta has released Llama 3.3 70B, a modified version of the company’s most powerful AI model that can be downloaded to run on your own hardware. Your PC probably isn’t ready for it, though. Like many other large language models (LLMs), Meta’s Llama generative AI model is available in several parameter sizes for different use cases. For example, the smallest…
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