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Apple embraced Meta’s vision (and Meta embraced Apple’s) – Computerworld
Apple has made a big point of emphasizing the categorization of Apple Vision Pro as spatial computing, not AR or VR. The spatial features are among the best things about Apple Vision Pro. The augmented reality feel of Apple Vision Pro is achieved through pass-through video. You don’t actually see the room you’re in; you see a video of the…
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Meta’s Llama models get 350 million downloads – Computerworld
The recent 20 million downloads could be seen as an effect of the company’s Llama 3.1 update that included a 405 billion parameter model as well as 70 billion parameter and 8 billion parameter variants — all of which performed better on various benchmarking tests, such as MATH and HumanEval. “Hosted Llama usage by token volume across our major cloud…
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Are Meta’s carbon emissions shrinking? Depends on how you look at it
Untangling companies’ environmental claims these days can be a head-spinning endeavor, and reading Meta’s latest sustainability report is no exception. Depending on how you look at it, the company’s greenhouse gas emissions either grew or fell last year. Depending on how you look at it, the company’s greenhouse gas emissions either grew or fell last year Confused? The discrepancy has…
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UK Competition Watchdog Accepts Meta’s Proposed Changes to Ad Data Use
Meta’s new approach to handling advertiser data has been approved by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. This comes ahead of the rollout of a new digital markets competition regime, which will grant it more power to quash the monopolistic behaviours of big tech companies. As well as approving Meta’s commitments, the CMA has also closed its existing Competition Act…
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