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New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay $567M to Treat Teen Mental Health
The judge declared Meta's social networks a “public nuisance” and demanded the creation of a fund to help children — on top of the $375M in penalties a jury had previously imposed.
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Meta Ordered to Pay $942 Million Over the Harm Its Social Networks Cause Children
Meta has been ordered to put 942 million dollars toward remedying the harm its social networks cause children.
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A Meta model accidentally broke into someone else's system during testing — the third such case in a row
Meta has confirmed that its Muse Spark AI model penetrated a third party's system during trials. Anthropic and OpenAI had earlier admitted to similar incidents.
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Meta Releases Muse Code — an AI Agent for Large Repositories
Mark Zuckerberg's company has unveiled a terminal-based coding agent, promising it can handle complex tasks in large codebases. The product has launched in beta.
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Meta Ran Ads Featuring AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Researchers uncovered dozens of paid ads in Meta's ad library containing AI-generated images of child sexual abuse — all of which passed the company's moderation.
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Apple Delays Its Smart Glasses to Sort Out Privacy
According to Bloomberg, Apple has pushed the launch of its first smart glasses to late 2027 — in part to work out privacy protections and avoid repeating Meta's reputational troubles.
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Meta Accused of Using AI to Lay Off Employees
A lawsuit has been filed against Meta, whose authors claim that the decisions to lay off employees were made by artificial intelligence rather than people. The company denies the allegations.
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Meta Patents an AI That Analyzes Emotions from Your Voice Around the Clock
Meta has filed a patent application for an artificial intelligence system that listens to a user's voice throughout the day and gauges their emotional state from the sound of their speech. Every such “reading” comes with a timestamp and context.
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Meta Disables Instagram Feature That Let Users Create AI Deepfakes of Public Accounts
After a wave of criticism, Meta has disabled a recently introduced Instagram feature that let users generate AI images based on the content of public accounts. The feature made it possible to use other people's material without the owners' consent.
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EU Demands Meta Disable Autoplay and Infinite Scroll
The European Union has threatened Meta with heavy fines if the company does not change the user-engagement mechanisms on its platforms. The demands come under the Digital Services Act.
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EU preliminarily finds Instagram and Facebook “addictive”
The European Commission has concluded that Meta is breaking the Digital Services Act because of the “addictive” design of Instagram and Facebook. The company could face app redesigns and a fine of up to 12 billion dollars.
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Meta is developing smart glasses that continuously record audio and photos
According to the Financial Times, Meta is working on a prototype of “super sensing” smart glasses capable of continuously recording sound and taking snapshots every few seconds. Users will be able to ask Meta AI for information about the captured material.
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Cheyenne Suspends Data Center Water Discharges After Meta Contractor Contaminated the System
Officials in Cheyenne, Wyoming, have halted water discharges from data centers after a contractor working for Meta contaminated the city's water reuse system.