Meta has launched Spaces, a new feature that lets users create dedicated, topic-based conversation threads with its Muse AI agents, such as a vacation planner or holiday gift tracker. These Spaces appear in a sidebar and can sync with third-party apps to automatically update information like price changes or event dates. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the feature on X, describing personal uses like a BBQ game and home control dashboard.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-06
On TechCrunch's Equity podcast, writer Amanda Silberling and colleagues discussed a pattern of tech executives making AI anecdotes that struck many as tone-deaf, including Dazzle AI CEO Marissa Mayer's comment about using AI to describe her daughter, Sam Altman's remarks on AI-generated podcasts for kids and parenting with ChatGPT, and Mark Zuckerberg's comments on AI fulfilling social and romantic needs. Silberling argued the issue is 'a little bit of both' marketing and product design, and warned the industry risks optimizing basic human interaction out of daily life.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-11-01
Weeks after Trump directed federal agencies to use 'super intelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence,' Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg used the term during their companies' recent earnings calls, with Musk renaming SpaceX's AI unit SpaceXSI. Other executives, including Amazon's Andy Jassy, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, stuck largely with 'AI' in their public remarks, while IBM's Arvind Krishna and Intel's Lip-Bu Tan used both terms interchangeably.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-01
On recent earnings calls, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg used the term 'superintelligence' instead of 'artificial intelligence,' following President Trump's late-September directive ordering the phrase used across executive branch agencies. Musk's SpaceX had already renamed its AI unit SpaceXSI, while Meta has used the term since launching its Meta Superintelligence Labs last year. Other tech CEOs did not adopt the language on their recent calls.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-30
Senators Ron Wyden and Edward Markey sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg demanding answers about privacy and safety risks tied to Meta's AI glasses, citing reports of covert filming, harassment and contractors reviewing footage of people undressing. They asked Meta detailed questions about accidental recording, tampering with recording indicators, blurring of faces and license plates, data access by employees and contractors, and whether human rights due diligence was done before launch, with a response deadline of November 26.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-30
Nvidia announced it will invest $3 billion in Meta, part of a broader $95 billion equity raise Meta disclosed to fund AI infrastructure spending. The raise includes $35 billion in underwritten public offerings and $60 billion via an at-the-market program, with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom together eyeing up to $5 billion in shares. Nvidia also said Meta will expand its Vera Rubin and Vera CPU deployments and deepen collaboration on Meta's AI agent, Muse.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-27
According to the Wall Street Journal, Meta's board of directors is in a standoff with CEO Mark Zuckerberg after he sought a large stock-heavy pay increase, with some directors reportedly threatening to resign if he does not relent. The dispute follows Meta posting negative free cash flow of $2.12 billion in the third quarter of 2026, its first such shortfall since 2012, amid heavy AI investment.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-24
Meta's board approved a new non-voting Class C common stock class, effective January, which the company says will fund capital raising, employee pay and acquisitions tied to its AI push. The New York Times reports an SEC filing shows the plan was also shaped by CEO Mark Zuckerberg's concerns about California's proposed Proposition 40 billionaire tax, which could impose a one-time 5% levy on billionaires' net worth.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-22
Meta disclosed in a quarterly filing that it created a new class of non-voting stock, effective January, that could help offset taxes Zuckerberg would owe if California's Proposition 40 billionaires tax passes on Nov. 3. In exchange, Zuckerberg has committed to remain a California resident for eight years, with exceptions for unforeseen circumstances. The 5% tax would apply to Californians worth over $1 billion; Zuckerberg's net worth is about $225 billion.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-22
A jury found Meta liable for nearly 44 million violations of New Mexico's consumer protection law, and US District Judge Francis J. Mathew imposed a $25 billion penalty, the largest ever levied against the company. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez had rejected an $18 billion multistate settlement Meta reached with other states earlier this year and pursued the case separately, seeking up to $40 billion. Mathew's ruling cites trial evidence that Meta's leadership, including Mark Zuckerberg, knew the company was misleading the public about data control, misinformation and other practices since 2010.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-22
Meta has reached an agreement allowing Mark Zuckerberg to sell shares without losing control of the company, aimed at keeping him in California if a proposed billionaire tax passes. The measure, a one-time 5% levy on residents worth over $1bn, goes before California voters on 3 November. Zuckerberg had warned Meta's board he was considering moving his primary residence out of the state.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-10-22
Meta's stock fell about 6% after third-quarter results showed negative free cash flow of $2.12 billion and a raised capital expenditure floor, now projected at $135-145 billion for the year. Revenue rose 26% year-over-year to $64.60 billion, beating estimates, while the company also disclosed plans for a new nonvoting Class C stock class tied to Mark Zuckerberg's continued residency in California.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-22
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