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AIAnthropic Is in Talks to Buy $10 Billion of Compute From Meta - Its Fourth Major Infrastructure Source
Anthropic is in early talks on a compute deal with Meta worth up to $10 billion over two years, the New York Times reported Thursday.
AIAI Models Refuse Criticism of Repressive Governments Twice as Often, Study Finds
AI models refused political criticism of China and Saudi Arabia 34% of the time - double the rate for permissive regimes. Meta's Oversight Board tested 10 models in its first LLM study.
AIMeta Doubles Hyperion to 5GW in Louisiana. Add the Chips and Bloomberg Gets to $250 Billion.
Meta Hyperion data center in Richland Parish grows from 2GW to 5GW. Construction tops $50 billion. Add the hardware and Bloomberg's count exceeds $250 billion.
AIMeta Pulled Muse Image's Instagram Photo Feature After 72 Hours - The Opt-Out Default Killed It
Meta removed Muse Image's @-tagging feature July 10 after 72 hours. Public Instagram accounts fed AI remixing by default with no consent required.
AIMeta Opens Its First Developer API With Muse Spark 1.1
Meta Model API opens in public preview today. Developers get Muse Spark 1.1 - Meta's agentic model with 1M context and an OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
AIOllama Raises $65M Series B, Now at 8.9 Million Developers
Ollama raised $65M Series B, led by Theory Ventures and Benchmark. The platform counts 8.9 million developers and adds nearly 1M installs weekly.
AIMeta Launches Muse, an AI Image Generator Built for Ads, Creators, and Instagram Stories
Meta launched Muse Image, a new AI image generator built for ads and creators. Free in Meta AI, Instagram Stories, and WhatsApp. Muse Video is next.
IndustryNetflix Viewers Drop Off After Season 1, and YouTube Has Already Passed It in Daily Viewing
Bloomberg data shows Netflix viewers dropping off after Season 1. YouTube already beats Netflix in daily viewing time, and microdrama apps hit $1.5B in 2025.
AppsWhatsApp Is Rolling Out a Green Dot on iPhone to Show When Contacts Are Online
WhatsApp iPhone beta is adding a green dot for active contacts. Clears when they close the app, and respects your existing online status privacy setting.
IndustryMeta Cut 8,000 Workers to Build AI Agents Faster. Zuckerberg Now Says the Plan Didn't Work.
Zuckerberg told Meta employees Meta AI agents are behind schedule. Four months after cutting 8,000 workers, the agentic bet is not producing as planned.
TechMeta Is Building a Cloud Business to Sell AI Compute, and CoreWeave Just Took the Hit
Bloomberg reported July 1 that Meta plans a cloud business to sell surplus AI compute. Meta stock jumped 10%. CoreWeave dropped 14%. Nebius 16%.
AppsThreads Expands Live Chats With Co-Hosts, Translations, and Wider Access
Threads updated Live Chats on June 30 with translation support, co-host invites, and message deletion while opening the feature to Community Champions.