Meta

Meta has embedded face-recognition technology for its smart glasses into an app downloaded to millions of phones, according to a WIRED analysis. The feature, internally called "NameTag," identifies people captured by the glasses' camera and alerts the wearer when it recognizes someone.

Meta's longest-serving employee, Naomi Gleit, discusses her 20-year tenure, the company's transformation, and its commitment to AI development, despite controversies and criticisms.

Meta has shipped facial recognition functionality on its smart glasses, but it's unclear if it's active for ordinary users. The feature is enabled on a companion app, but the user-facing UI and server-pushing of identity data are missing.

Meta has built six data center tents in Ohio, a strategy that appears to borrow from Tesla and xAI, in an effort to cut construction time in half.

Meta introduced a new AI creator assistant on Facebook that provides personalized recommendations based on content style, performance, community, and goals. The conversational AI assistant helps creators understand their performance and brainstorm ideas for new content.

Meta has repeatedly delayed the release of the Muse Spark API due to bugs and infrastructure needs, but now plans to release it this month. The delay is a setback for Meta's ability to monetize its investments in frontier AI models.

Meta is alerting Instagram users whose accounts were taken over using Meta AI chatbot, with some hackers claiming to still be able to exploit the vulnerability.

Meta is spinning off its VR fitness game Supernatural into an independent company called Supernatural Health, contradicting earlier statements that the game would stop receiving new content.

Meta is scaling back its plan to track employees' computer activity, allowing them to opt out for up to 30 minutes at a time or request exemptions. The move follows weeks of backlash from employees, including a petition with over 1,500 signatures.

Hackers exploited Meta's AI support bot to gain access to high-profile Instagram accounts by asking it to link new email addresses, bypassing the account recovery process.

Hackers used Meta's AI support bot to reset passwords and deface Instagram accounts, including those of the Obama White House and the U.S. Space Force. The attack was made possible by a vulnerability in the bot's password reset flow.

Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to change email addresses on high-profile Instagram accounts, including those of Barack Obama and Sephora, highlighting the risks of offloading technical support to AI.

Meta is developing an AI-powered pendant that it plans to start testing in the next year, building on the work of Limitless, an AI device startup acquired in 2025.

Meta's Oversight Board has secured a $13 million funding increase, ensuring its continued operation through 2028, reversing a previously planned decrease in funding.

Meta plans to embed engineers and product managers within large corporate customers as part of a new Enterprise Solutions unit to help deploy its AI tools, according to The Information.

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg has hinted at the possibility of a cloud computing business if the company overspends on data centers and has excess capacity. This move would see Meta compete with major cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.