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Meta buys Scale AI in a $14.3B deal

news.ycombinator.com Jonathan Vanian 2026-03-20 13:02:28

Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI speaks on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025. Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo on Thursday that he's leaving for Meta, confirming reports from earlier in the week about his departure and a large investment from the social networking company. Meta is pumping $14.3 billion into Scale AI as part of the deal, and will have a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup, but will not have

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Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexandr Wang is leaving

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-03-20 11:12:21

Data-labeling company Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a “significant” investment from Meta that values the startup at $29 billion. The startup also said its co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang is stepping down from his role to join Meta and help the bigger company with its AI work. Reports indicate that Meta invested about $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in the startup, which produces and labels data that’s used to train the large language models that underpin a significant portion

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Scale AI's Alexandr Wang confirms departure for Meta as part of $14.3 billion deal

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2026-03-20 18:01:07

Alexandr Wang, CEO of ScaleAI speaks on CNBC's Squawk Box outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23, 2025. Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang told employees in a memo on Thursday that he's leaving for Meta, confirming reports from earlier in the week about his departure and a large investment from the social networking company. Meta is pumping $14.3 billion into Scale AI as part of the deal, and will have a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence startup, but will not have

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Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexanr Wang is leaving

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-03-21 02:12:21

Data-labeling company Scale AI confirmed on Friday that it has received a “significant” investment from Meta that values the startup at $29 billion. The startup also said its co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang is stepping down from his role to join Meta and help the bigger company with its AI work. Reports indicate that Meta invested about $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in the startup, which produces and labels data that’s used to train the large language models that underpin a significant portion

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Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race

theverge.com Alex Heath 2026-03-21 01:05:10

Meta is paying $14.3 billion to acquire 49 percent of Scale AI and hire its CEO, Alexandr Wang, to revamp its troubled AI efforts. As part of the deal, Wang will report directly to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and remain on Scale’s board of directors, both companies announced on Thursday. Sources say Wang will lead a new AI lab at Meta tasked with building “superintelligence.” Meta spokesperson Ashley Zandy says the company “will share more about this effort and the great people joining this team i

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Meta is helping to fund geothermal energy projects in New Mexico

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-21 12:22:22

Meta has entered into an agreement with XGS Energy to develop "next-generation geothermal energy" projects in New Mexico. The plan is for these projects to connect directly into the electrical grid that Meta's data centers draw from, feeding the growing energy needs of the company's AI development. Both companies claim the new deal will add 150-megawatts of carbon-free energy to the grid "with zero operating water use." New Mexico is apparently uniquely suited for geothermal energy production b

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The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People’s Bizarrely Personal Chats

wired.com Kylie Robison 2026-03-21 12:46:37

“What counties [sic] do younger women like older white men,” a public message from a user on Meta’s AI platform says. “I need details, I’m 66 and single. I’m from Iowa and open to moving to a new country if I can find a younger woman.” The chatbot responded enthusiastically: “You’re looking for a fresh start and love in a new place. That’s exciting!” before suggesting “Mediterranean countries like Spain or Italy, or even countries in Eastern Europe.” This is just one of many seemingly personal

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Meta inks a new geothermal energy deal to support AI

theverge.com Justine Calma 2026-03-21 16:00:00

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Meta’s geothermal ambitions are growing with a new agreement to support projects in New Mexico. It announced the deal with XGS Energy today, a company developing next-generation geothermal technologies that make it possible to use this energy source in places where it was unf

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The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2026-03-21 16:49:02

It sounds like the start of a 21st century horror film: Your browser history has been public all along, and you had no idea. That’s basically what it feels like right now on the new standalone Meta AI app, where swathes of people are publishing their ostensibly private conversations with the chatbot. When you ask the AI a question, you have the option of hitting a share button, which then directs you to a screen showing a preview of the post, which you can then publish. But some users appear bl

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Meta AI’s public feed is a gold mine of accidental oversharing

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-22 08:02:37

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Meta AI users are accidentally sharing personal chats to a public Discover feed. Some users seem to think that the Share button saves chats privately. The publicly shared chats include confessions, medical info, and legal dilemmas. If you’ve ever shared something personal with Meta’s AI assistant, you might want to double-check who saw it. A serious misunderstanding with the functionality of the Meta AI app is causing people to publish deeply private

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Meta sues maker of Crush AI nudify app over Facebook and Instagram ads

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-03-22 20:49:00

What just happened? Meta's mission to crack down on AI "nudify" programs has led to it suing the maker of one of these apps. The social media giant has launched a lawsuit against Joy Timeline HK Limited, which developed an app called Crush AI. In the suit, which has been filed in the company's home of Hong Kong, Meta states that Crush AI made multiple attempts to circumvent Meta's ad review process and continued placing the ads. The ads appeared across Facebook and Instagram, and while Meta re

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Meta urged to go further in crackdown on 'nudify' apps

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-22 22:07:53

Meta urged to go further in crackdown on 'nudify' apps 8 minutes ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Meta has taken legal action against a company which runs ads on its platforms promoting so-called "nudify" apps, which typically using artificial intelligence (AI) to create fake nude images of people without their consent. It has sued the firm behind CrushAI apps to stop it posting ads altogether, following a cat-and-mouse battle to remove them over a series

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Meta sues app-maker as it cracks down on 'nudifying'

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2026-03-22 23:28:16

Meta sues app-maker as it cracks down on 'nudifying' 2 hours ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Meta has taken legal action against a company which ran ads on its platforms promoting so-called "nudify" apps, which typically using artificial intelligence (AI) to create fake nude images of people without their consent. It has sued the firm behind CrushAI apps to stop it posting ads altogether, following a cat-and-mouse battle to remove them over a series of mo

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Meta cracks down on nudify apps after being exposed

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2026-03-23 00:46:12

Meta is suing a company that advertised generative AI apps on its social media platforms that enable users to “nudify” people without their consent. The lawsuit against Joy Timeline comes after hundreds of ads for the digital undressing apps were discovered on Meta’s Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and Threads platforms by a CBS News investigation published last week. “This legal action underscores both the seriousness with which we take this abuse and our commitment to doing all we can to prot

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Meta files lawsuit against developer of CrushAI 'nudify' app

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2026-03-23 09:59:18

Meta is suing a company that ran ads on its services to promote an app that lets people create non-consensual, sexualized images of others using AI technology, the social media company said Thursday. The lawsuit is against Joy Timeline HK Limited, which develops the app called CrushAI and its variants. The Hong Kong-based company ran ads on Facebook and Instagram to promote CrushAI, an app that uses artificial intelligence to take a photo of someone and create nude imagery of them. Meta filed

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Meta is cracking down on AI 'nudify' apps

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-23 08:00:34

Meta is finally cracking down on "nudify" apps that use AI to generate nonconsensual nude and explicit images of celebrities, influencers and others. The company is suing one app maker that's frequently advertised such apps on Facebook and Instagram, and taking new steps to prevent ads for similar services. The crackdown comes months after several researchers and journalists have raised the alarm about such apps. A recent report from CBS News identified at least "hundreds" of ads on Meta's plat

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Next.js 15.1 is unusable outside of Vercel

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-03-23 08:20:23

If you use Next.js anywhere but Vercel, here's some bad news: Next.js 15.1+ is broken. tl;dr: Starting with version 15.1.8, Next.js might break metadata handling for non-Vercel deployments, potentially devastating your search rankings. This is not a bug. When Did This Happen? In 2024, Vercel introduced metadata streaming as an experimental feature. This fundamentally changes how Next.js handles metadata. Traditional approach: Metadata tags (title, description, Open Graph tags) are rendered d

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Meta sues AI ‘nudify’ app Crush AI for advertising on its platforms

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-03-23 08:00:00

Meta has sued the maker of a popular AI “nudify” app, Crush AI, that reportedly ran thousands of ads across Meta’s platforms. In addition to the lawsuit, Meta says it’s taking new measures to crack down on other apps like Crush AI. In a lawsuit filed in Hong Kong, Meta alleged Joy Timeline HK, the entity behind Crush AI, attempted to circumvent the company’s review process to distribute ads for AI nudify services. Meta said in a blog post that it repeatedly removed ads by the entity for violati

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YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2026-03-22 02:56:00

Why it matters: Don't be surprised to see more controversial videos on YouTube. Much like Meta, the platform has relaxed its moderation policies, allowing content that violates the usual rules if it is deemed to be in the "public interest." The Google-owned site has provided moderators with new guidelines and training on how to deal with inflammatory content that breaks YouTube's code of conduct, writes The New York Times. Reviewers have been told not to remove anything considered to be in the

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Meta invests $14.8 billion in Scale AI to accelerate superintelligence ambitions

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-03-23 09:19:00

Editor's take: Big tech companies are locked in a fierce race to develop artificial intelligence that matches or exceeds human intelligence – a breakthrough with the power to transform industries and society. Meta's new partnership with Scale AI underscores just how urgent and high-stakes this competition has become, as the company commits to unprecedented investments to keep pace. Insider sources told The Information that Meta is making a bold move to reshape its artificial intelligence ambiti

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Meta forming new AI lab helmed by Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, report says

cnbc.com Ashley Capoot 2026-03-22 07:20:54

Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, arrives for a meeting with international investors in IA at the Elysee Palace as part of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2025. Meta is forming a new artificial intelligence research lab and bringing on Alexandr Wang, founder and CEO of the startup Scale AI, according to The New York Times. The research lab is going to pursue a concept known as "superintelligence," which is an AI system that surpasses human intelligence,

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A frustrated Zuckerberg makes his biggest AI bet as Meta nears $14 billion stake in Scale AI, hires founder Wang

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian Ashley Capoot 2026-03-23 01:26:20

In this article META Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg arrives before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States takes place inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Kenny Holston | Via Reuters Mark Zuckerberg is so frustrated with Meta's standing in artificial intelligence that he's willing to spend billions of dollars to convince Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang to join his com

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Meta launches AI 'world model' to advance robotics, self-driving cars

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2026-03-23 04:05:32

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms. Artificial intelligence has been an integral focus for the tech giant's leader amid competition from players like OpenAI, Microsoft and Google. Meta on Wednesday announced it's rolling out a new AI "world model" that can better understand the 3D environment and movements of physical objects. The tech giant, which owns popular social media apps Facebook and Instagram, said its new open-source AI model V-JEPA 2 can understand, predict and plan in the physi

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Threads is getting native DMs as Meta reverses course

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-03-22 08:40:10

It took long enough, but Meta has finally admitted what Threads users have been saying from day one: the platform needs its own direct messaging system. Not something tied to Instagram, not a redirect, just DMs, right where the conversations are happening. And now, that’s exactly what they’re finally getting. Starting this week (via The Verge), Threads is testing a native DM inbox in three countries: Hong Kong, Thailand, and Argentina. The rollout is limited for now, but according to Mark Zuck

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Meta wants to give evidence for Apple in UK privacy battle

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-03-23 03:55:42

I bet nobody had ‘Meta arguing for privacy on Apple’s behalf’ on their tech bingo cards, but that’s exactly what the social networking company is hoping to do. Meta has asked the court’s permission to give evidence in support of Apple’s privacy battle with the British government over a feature intended to apply end-to-end encryption to almost all iCloud data … Apple’s privacy battle with the British government At present, some of your iCloud data is fully protected by end-to-end encryption (E

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Threads is finally getting its own DM inbox

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-22 05:00:01

Nearly two years after launching Threads, Meta is finally giving in to users on one of the most requested features for the service: direct messaging. The company is beginning to test a dedicated inbox for Threads, beginning with Hong Kong, Argentina and Thailand, Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a post on Threads. Threads has had some messaging capabilities since last year, but the feature only allows users to send Threads posts to friends via their Instagram DMs. This is more than a little clunky a

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Meta launches a surreal AI video editor

engadget.com Unknown 2026-03-23 06:39:07

Meta's impressive Movie Gen AI editing tool is starting to bear fruit. On Tuesday, the company launched a new editor for short videos, "inspired by" the technology. The editor lets you transform your clothing, location, style and more. The examples the company showcased are head-turning. We're getting closer to Hollywood-level CG effects that anyone can produce in a few seconds. The editor lets you choose from over 50 preset prompts. You can transform your video's subject into things like comic

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Forget AGI - Meta is going after 'superintelligence' now

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2026-03-23 09:32:00

Chesnot/Getty Images The most powerful tech leaders in Silicon Valley have been racing to build artificial general intelligence (AGI), a theoretical computer that, as some would define it, can outperform humans across every economically valuable task. Also: Apple's Goldilocks approach to AI at WWDC is a winner. Here's why Some leaders have their sights set even higher, on artificial "superintelligence," a system that's unfathomably more intelligent than human beings, so much so that our compa

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Meta's All In on AI Creating the Ads You See on Instagram and Facebook

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-03-23 06:10:10

Meta is working toward a near future when many of the ads you see on Facebook or Instagram are created from scratch by AI, and thus more easily targeted specifically to you. Its goal is fully automated AI-powered ad generation by the end of 2026, the Wall Street Journal reported last week. That could cut out roles for many human copywriters, designers and media buyers and potentially shake up the $600 billion global ad business, but it also could be a new, lower-cost resource for small and mediu

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Meta’s new AI video tool can put you in a desert (or at least try to)

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-03-23 08:20:36

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Meta is launching new video editing tools that will let you transform videos using AI. The tool, which is only free for a “limited time,” gives you more than 50 preset prompts you can use to edit your video, allowing you to set a theme, change the background, and tweak what you’re wearing. The presets are presented similarly to how you would choose

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Latest Tech News

Meta buys Scale AI in a $14.3B deal

Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexandr Wang is leaving

Scale AI's Alexandr Wang confirms departure for Meta as part of $14.3 billion deal

Scale AI confirms ‘significant’ investment from Meta, says CEO Alexanr Wang is leaving

Meta is paying $14 billion to catch up in the AI race

Meta is helping to fund geothermal energy projects in New Mexico

The Meta AI App Lets You ‘Discover’ People’s Bizarrely Personal Chats

Meta inks a new geothermal energy deal to support AI

The Meta AI app is a privacy disaster

Meta AI’s public feed is a gold mine of accidental oversharing

Meta sues maker of Crush AI nudify app over Facebook and Instagram ads

Meta urged to go further in crackdown on 'nudify' apps

Meta sues app-maker as it cracks down on 'nudifying'

Meta cracks down on nudify apps after being exposed

Meta files lawsuit against developer of CrushAI 'nudify' app

Meta is cracking down on AI 'nudify' apps

Next.js 15.1 is unusable outside of Vercel

Meta sues AI ‘nudify’ app Crush AI for advertising on its platforms

YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content

Meta invests $14.8 billion in Scale AI to accelerate superintelligence ambitions

Meta forming new AI lab helmed by Scale AI CEO Alex Wang, report says

A frustrated Zuckerberg makes his biggest AI bet as Meta nears $14 billion stake in Scale AI, hires founder Wang

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Meta wants to give evidence for Apple in UK privacy battle

Threads is finally getting its own DM inbox

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Forget AGI - Meta is going after 'superintelligence' now

Meta's All In on AI Creating the Ads You See on Instagram and Facebook

Meta’s new AI video tool can put you in a desert (or at least try to)

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