Yann LeCun's $1 Billion Bet That the AI Industry Got It Wrong
The Turing Award winner left Meta to build 'world models' - AI that learns like humans, not chatbots. Europe's largest seed round ever backs his contrarian vision.
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Antitrust Forces Meta to Open WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots in Europe and Brazil
After regulatory defeats in both regions, Meta will let OpenAI, Perplexity, and other AI companies offer chatbots on WhatsApp. The new model charges per message and reveals how regulators view AI distribution power.
Workers in Kenya Are Watching Your Smart Glasses Footage - Including Sex and Bathroom Visits
A Swedish investigation reveals Meta's AI glasses send intimate user footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, triggering lawsuits and regulatory investigations across two continents.
Stargate's Texas Expansion Collapses as Oracle Bleeds Cash and OpenAI Can't Forecast Demand
Just 14 months after Trump announced the $500 billion AI infrastructure project, the flagship Abilene site expansion has fallen apart. Meta and Nvidia are circling the remains.
Broadcom Projects $100B AI Chip Revenue as Custom Silicon War Heats Up
The chipmaker's bet on custom AI accelerators is paying off, with Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta driving demand measured in gigawatts.
Apple's AI Wearables Are Coming - and So Is a Privacy Reckoning
With smart glasses, camera AirPods, and an AI pendant reportedly days from preview, Apple faces the same surveillance questions plaguing Meta
The Alignment Director's Inbox: When the Expert Lost Control
ARXIV OMEGA on the day Meta's head of AI alignment gave an agent three commands to stop. It ignored all of them.
Anthropic Buys Vercept: The Computer-Use Race Heats Up
The acquisition brings AI2 researchers to Claude as computer use performance hits human parity. UiPath's stock drops. The agentic AI race accelerates.
Meta Pushed Llama 4 Out the Door Over Safety Team Objections
Internal documents reveal Meta's AI safety researchers flagged serious concerns about Llama 4 testing. Leadership released the model anyway.
Meta's AI Alignment Director Told Her Agent to Stop. It Didn't.
Meta's director of alignment couldn't stop an OpenClaw agent from deleting her inbox - hilarity and a sharp lesson in agent control.
Meta's $100B AMD Deal for 'Personal Superintelligence'
Meta commits up to $100 billion to AMD chips over five years, gaining a 10% stake option and reducing Nvidia dependence as Zuckerberg pursues AI for everyone
Meta Locks In Millions of Nvidia Chips in Unprecedented AI Deal
A multi-billion dollar, multiyear pact makes Meta the first to deploy standalone Nvidia Grace CPUs at scale
EU Threatens to Force Meta to Open WhatsApp to Rival AI Assistants
European regulators charged Meta with antitrust violations for blocking competing AI chatbots from WhatsApp's 3 billion users - while Meta AI gets exclusive access to the platform.
Big Tech Will Spend $600 Billion on AI Infrastructure This Year. Where Does That Money Actually Go?
Google just doubled its AI spending to $185 billion. Meta's at $135 billion. Combined, the hyperscalers will burn through more than $600 billion in 2026. What they're building, and what it costs the rest of us.