Last week, Reuters reported that Facebook owner Meta's open source Llama model is being used by the Chinese military. According to the report, the military-focused AI tool dubbed "ChatBIT" is being developed to gather intelligence and provide information for operational decision-making,

Parmy Olson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, she is author of “Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World.”

In late 2022, Facebook parent Meta saw ChatGPT go viral and went all in on developing its own version of generative artificial intelligence. But a whistleblower claims in a new lawsuit that after she pointed out that the social media giant’s revenue projections for the technology were inflated by $1.

As Facebook's parent company has aggressively injected Meta AI into its products, it has fueled its systems with a bounty of customer data. Why it matters: Meta knows a ton about you and billions of other people.

Who needs friends and influencers Mark Zuckerberg has announced that users can expect a significant increase in AI-generated content on Facebook and Instagram. During Meta's third-quarter earnings conference call,

The improvement to the tech giant's AI system has led to an 8% increase in the amount of time spent on Facebook and a 6% increase on Instagram.

Meta AI, the company's virtual assistant, has more than 500 million active users just a year after its launch. On an earnings call Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta's rapid growth highlights the company's continued focus on advancing AI and developing related tools.

Meta Platforms Inc. has posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter results fueled by its advertising revenue growth and its push to incorporate artificial intelligence.

“Our AI investments continue to require serious infrastructure and I expect to continue investing significantly there,” Zuckerberg said. Meanwhile, Meta’s social networks, including Facebook and Instagram, continue to drive the bulk of the busines

Mark Zuckerberg ’s plan to build a nuclear-powered AI data centre have been scuppered by the discovery of a rare species of bee on the proposed site.

Because Meta Platforms is heavily investing in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, some investors are panicking. However, I think that's the wrong way to look at it. Instead,

Have you started to notice more AI-generated nonsense on social media? All over Facebook feeds there are bizarre images of Jesus made from shrimp, suspiciously perfect log-cabin interiors and photorealistic children holding professional-looking paintings.