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ARM has long run its business as an architect behind the scenes, designing chips that power almost all the world’s smartphone and making money off royalties from the chips it designs for customers. Loading audio narration… Now, Arm is changing it up by announcing its own AI chip, the Arm…
Meta began laying off hundreds of employees across the company on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter and LinkedIn posts from affected staff.The global cuts affected employees in Reality Labs, Facebook, recruiting, sales, and global operations, the source familiar said.A handful of employees who worked in Reality…
Could more Meta layoffs mean the company still has bloat to trim — or could it signal its AI investments are actually starting to pay off?A note from a top Wall Street analyst said on Monday that any head count cutting from Meta could actually be a sign that it’s…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Saurabh Khandelwal, a 28-year-old machine learning engineer at Meta, based in Bellevue, Washington. The following has been edited for length and clarity.There are so many different paths within the world of AI and machine learning.For people getting into the field, it’s…
Does Meta want to make our social media accounts immortal?The company was granted a patent in late December that outlines how a large language model can “simulate” a person’s social media activity, such as responding to content posted by real people.”The language model may be used for simulating the user…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says AI is transforming what a single employee can accomplish at the company, signaling it’s adopting a new hiring strategy.On an earnings call with analysts Thursday, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg said the company is investing in more AI-native tools to elevate individual contributors and flatten teams.…
Wall Street had very different reactions to two of Big Tech’s biggest spenders after quarterly earnings reports came out on Wednesday.Both Meta and Microsoft reported higher-than-expected capex. While both companies beat revenue expectations, Microsoft’s stock sank more than 6% after-hours, while Meta’s stock jumped as high as 9%.Big Tech’s spending…
