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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Meta Looks to Charge Up to $200 a Month for Planned ‘Hatch’ AI Agent

By Jyoti Mann · Jun 3, 2026 3:01pm PDT · 1 comment

Meta Platforms is considering charging up to $200 a month for its planned consumer version of the OpenClaw AI agent tool, according to internal documents, an ambitious target that would rival top tier offerings from established AI giants. The product, currently called Hatch, could launch with tiered pricing including the $199.99 premium... Meta Platforms is considering charging up to $200 a month for its planned consumer version...

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Alphabet’s Fine Print Reveals Hidden Cost of the AI Talent War

By Cory Weinberg · Jun 3, 2026 9:23am PDT · 1 comment

Alphabet’s plan to sell $80 billion worth of shares, billed as a way to pay for AI infrastructure and compute, is surprising enough, given the capital raise’s size and the fact that the company last raised equity 21 years ago, when Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” was the song of the summer. But there’s another eye-catching detail in the offering... Alphabet’s plan to sell $80 billion worth of shares, billed as a way to pay for AI infrastructure...

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How to Streamline Employee Engagement Surveys with the Google Gemini app

By The Information Partnerships · Jun 3, 2026 8:40am PDT

Employee engagement and satisfaction surveys sound simple: Ask your workers about their experience, and then see what they have to say. But in practice, these survey cycles often turn into months-long marathons, with HR teams sometimes taking weeks to agree on the right questions and then manually combing through messy, unstructured data after... Employee engagement and satisfaction surveys sound simple: Ask your workers about their...

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The Unintended Consequences of Codex’s Comeback

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Jun 3, 2026 7:01am PDT · 1 comment

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The Unintended Consequences of Codex’s Comeback

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Jun 3, 2026 7:01am PDT · 1 comment

OpenAI’s Codex—which was once pitched as a coding agent for developers and is now being framed as a more general-purpose agent for knowledge workers—is having a moment, as OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser put it on Tuesday. As I wrote about in this story from Tuesday, lots of developers are making the switch from Anthropic’s more... OpenAI’s Codex—which was once pitched as a coding agent for developers and is now being framed as...

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Walmart Looks Offline for AI Shopping Data Advantage

By Ann Gehan · Jun 3, 2026 6:00am PDT

Walmart is trying to make its Sparky assistant smarter and more capable for shoppers by collecting more real-world data on how people shop inside its 3,500-plus U.S. superstores. Gathering more in-store information has been a focus for the company since Sparky launched about a year ago, said Hari Vasudev, Walmart’s U.S. chief technology officer,... Walmart is trying to make its Sparky assistant smarter and more capable for shoppers by...

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The SpaceX IPO Domino Effect

By Katie Roof · Jun 2, 2026 5:16pm PDT

SpaceX’s $75 billion offering will impact a lot more than just the employees and investors who are looking to cash in on their stock. It will also be a gauge of enthusiasm for tech IPOs, helping set the stage for other mega IPOs like Anthropic and OpenAI. If SpaceX’s IPO doesn’t take off, “you’d see a pullback in institutional capital that... SpaceX’s $75 billion offering will impact a lot more than just the employees and investors who...

OpenAI chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser, speaks today. Screenshot via OpenAI.

OpenAI (and Microsoft) Make New AI Pitches to Businesses

By Martin Peers · Jun 2, 2026 5:01pm PDT

The poor souls responsible for technology buying decisions at companies must be overwhelmed these days. Not only does seemingly every other tech firm want to send consultants—invariably calling themselves forward-deployed engineers as though they’re on maneuver in the desert—to help companies learn how to use their AI services, but the array of... The poor souls responsible for technology buying decisions at companies must be overwhelmed these...

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Inside OpenAI’s Decision to Combine Codex and ChatGPT

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Jun 2, 2026 1:45pm PDT · 3 comments

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Inside OpenAI’s Decision to Combine Codex and ChatGPT

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Jun 2, 2026 1:45pm PDT · 3 comments

Early last year, after Anthropic released a preview of its coding tool, Claude Code, OpenAI realized it had allowed the then-smaller AI rival to surpass it in coding. Around that time, OpenAI threw resources behind a new dedicated team that would focus specifically on developing AI tools for coding. Nearly 18 months later, OpenAI... Early last year, after Anthropic released a preview of its coding tool, Claude Code, OpenAI...

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Meta Adds Limits to Employee Tracking Tool After Staff Backlash

By Jyoti Mann · Jun 2, 2026 12:31pm PDT

Meta Platforms is scaling back elements of its employee tracking tool after staff raised concerns about the tool, according to an internal memo reviewed by The Information. A Meta executive told employees in the memo that the company is updating its Model Capability Initiative, or MCI, launched in April to help train its AI models, by... Meta Platforms is scaling back elements of its employee tracking tool after staff raised concerns...

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5 Ways Companies Keep AI Bills in Check

By Aaron Holmes and Laura Bratton · Jun 2, 2026 10:31am PDT

Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on Monday became the latest executive to voice concerns over rising AI costs.“Are we worried about how much we are spending on AI inference across our internal teams? Absolutely,” he told my colleague Laura during Snowflake’s annual conference in San Francisco. (Snowflake is a major customer of Anthropic, OpenAI... Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy on Monday became the latest executive to voice concerns over...

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Cognition Aims to Be the Switzerland of AI Agents with App Makeover

By Rocket Drew · Jun 2, 2026 7:01am PDT

AI coding startup Cognition is revamping its app to help users manage coding agents from many providers, executives told The Information. Cognition is betting that being a neutral platform will strengthen its hand in the increasingly competitive market for AI coding tools.The change, to be announced on Tuesday, involves the Windsurf application... AI coding startup Cognition is revamping its app to help users manage coding agents from many...

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Amazon’s Media Empire Quietly Taps Outside Ad Sales Help

By Catherine Perloff · Jun 2, 2026 6:00am PDT

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Amazon’s Media Empire Quietly Taps Outside Ad Sales Help

By Catherine Perloff · Jun 2, 2026 6:00am PDT

Amazon has been pitching its advertising business as an “everything store” for media—where brands can buy ads that run on everything from Thursday Night Football and streaming site Twitch to media it does not own, like Netflix and Spotify. Despite that united front, behind the scenes the company has been relying on an increasing number of... Amazon has been pitching its advertising business as an “everything store” for media—where...