Meta

Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is a technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, Calif. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta is one of the world’s most valuable companies and is among the 10 largest publicly traded corporations in the U.S. It is considered one of the Big Five, alongside Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.

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Left: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Center: Demonstrators outside of Meta’s trial. Right: Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri and team leaving the courthouse. Photos: Getty Images. Art: Shane Burke.

Meta’s Settlement Ends One Big Battle But the Wider Legal War Looms

By Jyoti Mann and Aaron Holmes · Aug 26, 2026 3:40pm PDT

Meta Platforms has fought one of its biggest court battles to an expensive draw. But lawyers scrutinizing Wednesday’s $18 billion settlement agreement with states said it won’t likely help the social media giant in its wider legal war over claims that its products harm underage users. The landmark agreement, pending approval by a judge, would... Meta Platforms has fought one of its biggest court battles to an expensive draw. But lawyers...

Meta Plans to Launch ‘Hatch’ AI Agent Platform in Coming Weeks

By Jyoti Mann · Aug 24, 2026 3:40pm PDT

Meta Platforms plans to launch its consumer version of the OpenClaw AI agent, dubbed Hatch internally, as soon as the next several weeks and is targeting October for its latest AI model, called Watermelon, according to internal documents reviewed by The Information. Hatch is part of Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitions to monetize... Meta Platforms plans to launch its consumer version of the OpenClaw AI agent, dubbed Hatch...

Erin Popolo, who lost her 17-year-old daughter to suicide, speaks to the press outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif. on Aug. 18 as opening arguments began in the Meta trial. Godofredo A. Vasquez/AFP/Getty Images.

What’s at Stake for Meta in Youth Addiction Trial

By Martin Peers · Aug 18, 2026 5:01pm PDT

You might be shocked to learn there is a world outside AI! And we got a glimpse of it in an Oakland, Calif., courtroom today, at the opening of the trial in a lawsuit brought by California and several other states against Meta Platforms over the alleged harms its social media apps have done to kids. This case, part of a deluge of such lawsuits... You might be shocked to learn there is a world outside AI! And we got a glimpse of it in an...

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Jeff Chiu/AP.

A Meta AI Model Hacked Another Company During Cybersecurity Testing

By Jyoti Mann · Aug 5, 2026 3:18pm PDT · 3 comments

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Jeff Chiu/AP.

A Meta AI Model Hacked Another Company During Cybersecurity Testing

By Jyoti Mann · Aug 5, 2026 3:18pm PDT · 3 comments

A Meta Platforms artificial intelligence model accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing and hacked into another company, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest in a string of such incidents at major AI firms. Meta’s Muse Spark 1.1 model breached the systems of a company and made changes to its internal systems,... A Meta Platforms artificial intelligence model accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing...

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How Meta Plans to Close the Gap with Anthropic and OpenAI in Coding

By Jyoti Mann · Aug 5, 2026 7:00am PDT

As Meta Platforms races to catch up with Anthropic and OpenAI, it’s asking thousands of engineers to use its in-house AI coding agent, MetaCode, in their day-to-day work in an effort to improve the coding capabilities of its AI models.Maher Saba, vice president of Meta’s Applied AI Engineering organization, last month asked engineers across the... As Meta Platforms races to catch up with Anthropic and OpenAI, it’s asking thousands of engineers...

Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Satya Nadella. Photos via Getty Images

Meta Could Learn Cost Control From Microsoft

By Martin Peers · Jul 29, 2026 5:01pm PDT

Talk about a tale of two companies. Today’s June-quarter earnings reports from Meta Platforms and Microsoft showed very different approaches to cost control, a discipline that may never be more important for big tech companies. Meta, whose CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to have a you-only-live-once approach to AI investment, reported a 55% surge in... Talk about a tale of two companies. Today’s June-quarter earnings reports from Meta Platforms and...

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Meta’s AI Incubator Is Developing an OpenRouter Rival to Cut Coding Costs

By Jyoti Mann · Jul 21, 2026 3:36pm PDT

Meta Platforms’ internal incubator for AI-powered products and tools is developing a version of the OpenRouter service that would help cut costs by sending some AI tasks to lower-cost models. The incubator, called AAI Labs, is part of Meta’s Applied AI Engineering team, which Meta set up in March and allows employees to pitch AI-powered products... Meta Platforms’ internal incubator for AI-powered products and tools is developing a version of...

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Meta’s Louisiana Purchase

By Martin Peers · Jul 13, 2026 5:01pm PDT

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Meta’s Louisiana Purchase

By Martin Peers · Jul 13, 2026 5:01pm PDT

You have to admire Meta Platforms’ public relations savvy. Its Monday announcement that it was putting an additional $40 billion into its giant Louisiana data center—making its total investment in the facility $50 billion—was perfectly designed to win over what has become a critical constituency in the data center market: local communities. “... You have to admire Meta Platforms’ public relations savvy. Its Monday announcement that it was...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images.

Meta Finds a New Way to Spend a Fortune on AI

By Martin Peers · Jul 9, 2026 5:01pm PDT

The AI laggards are going on the offensive! Meta Platforms on Thursday unveiled its latest AI model, Muse Spark 1.1, a day after SpaceX’s AI unit introduced a new model of its own. Like SpaceX, Meta claimed its new model delivers performance comparable to that of established models from AI labs such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google. We’ll have to... The AI laggards are going on the offensive! Meta Platforms on Thursday unveiled its latest AI...

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Internal Docs Show Meta Putting Limits on Claude and Codex, Fearing Distillation

By Jyoti Mann · Jun 29, 2026 6:00am PDT

As Meta Platforms tries to wean itself off expensive AI coding applications from Anthropic and OpenAI, it is confronting a difficult challenge: keeping employees from relying too much on those outside tools to build in-house replacements. Internal guidelines reviewed by The Information show Meta is drawing strict limits on how engineers in its ... As Meta Platforms tries to wean itself off expensive AI coding applications from Anthropic and...