Meta drops opposition to Kids Online Safety Act

Smith's departure highlights potential instability in Meta's AI restructuring, raising concerns about leadership continuity amid significant workforce changes. The post Meta executive overseeing AI restructuring Emily Dalton Smith departs after just two months appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies cut Claude licenses for parts of their org, and Meta killed its internal leaderboard.  This tension between […]

Tokenmaxxing was the hottest trend in Silicon Valley earlier this year, with CEOs encouraging employees to push AI usage as far as it would go. Then the bill came due. Uber reportedly blew through its annual AI budget in a few months, some companies cut Claude licenses for parts of their org, and Meta killed its internal leaderboard.  This tension between […]

Meta's leadership changes amid restructuring highlight challenges in AI integration, risking employee morale and investor confidence. The post Meta’s AI for Work head of product departs amid sweeping restructuring appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Meta has unveiled AI Mode, a new search feature on Facebook that uses Meta AI to synthesize answers from public posts, Groups, and Reels in response to plain-language queries. The launch marks one of the platform’s most significant AI-driven updates, as the company accelerates its push to make Facebook more competitive in the AI race. […]

More AI search in more places. AI is pretty reliable at putting things on your calendar these days, but it hasn't quite cracked answering the related and all-important question of "What should I do this weekend?" Meta's new AI Mode in search could be a useful tool - if it ever learns to stop getting stuff wrong. AI Mode is a new option when you hit the search bar in the Facebook app. It's designed to tackle complex queries - much like AI Mode in Google Search. But Meta's version draws on public posts across Meta apps - including Facebook Groups and Instagram Reels - to inform its results. That could be useful, considering the neighborhood groups and local organizations a … Read the full story at The Verge.

Meta USDC pilot pays creators via Stripe on Solana and Polygon in Colombia and the Philippines, pointing to lower fees, near‑instant settlement, and fresh compliance checks.

Zuckerberg's AI hackathon proposal highlights Meta's struggle to balance innovation with employee morale amid recent layoffs and restructuring. The post Mark Zuckerberg proposes AI hackathon at Meta amid employee pushback appeared first on Crypto Briefing.