Mark Zuckerberg is the chief executive of Meta. Recent coverage has centered on Meta's AI push: on its quarterly earnings call he staked the company's future on Muse, the personal AI agent released in September, and Meta launched the Muse Spark open model, which can run on Apple M5 Ultra Macs. Meta also announced a 2-for-1 stock split for January 19, 2027, and gave Zuckerberg non-voting shares to preserve his control.
I built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta couldThe author built a $50 DIY AI Tamagotchi that talks to Muse, shows avatars, doubles as a pocket watch and camera viewfinder, and can theoretically control smart home devices; despite lacking cameras and 5G, the learning experience was worth it.
Deepfake porn: AI-generated violence against womenThe article describes deepfake porn as AI-generated sexual content that constitutes digital violence against women. In Buenos Aires, about 50 adolescents in a WhatsApp group exchanged and sold AI-altered pornographic images of peers, sparking debate over accountability.
Senate Democrats press Meta over AI glasses privacySens. Ron Wyden and Edward Markey sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking answers and documents on testing and risk assessments of its smart glasses and how collected data is used, amid concerns over non-consensual recordings and AI training data.
Nscale CEO pursues $30B IPO amid AI turmoilNscale's 32-year-old CEO Josh Payne is taking the startup public targeting a $30 billion valuation. Sheryl Sandberg says he reminds her of Mark Zuckerberg.
Meta plans 2-for-1 stock split in January 2027Meta said in its Q3 earnings that it will carry out a 2-for-1 stock split on Jan. 19, 2027, doubling share counts and halving the price with market cap unchanged. It will create a non-voting Class C stock, with Class A and super-voting Class B holders each receiving a Class C share—a move seen as helping CEO Mark Zuckerberg preserve his over-60% voting control. The stock is up 1,615% since its IPO.
Musk wants SpaceX-Tesla merger; Meta deal to keep ZuckerbergElon Musk wants a SpaceX-Tesla merger, Meta made a deal to keep Mark Zuckerberg, and the battle of the AI agents is intensifying.
Zuckerberg bets Meta's future on Muse agentsOn Meta's quarterly earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg described a future in which autonomous AI agents shop, work, and talk to other people's agents on our behalf, staking Meta's future on Muse, the personal AI agent released to the public last month. He acknowledged it is still early days.
Meta gives Zuckerberg non-voting shares to keep him in CaliforniaMeta is giving CEO Mark Zuckerberg non-voting shares he can sell to cover a tax bill without relinquishing control, keeping him in California. The move comes after Zuckerberg told investors Meta would bet even more aggressively on AI, and shares fell.
Meta Muse share links can be enumerated, leaking user dataSecurity firm Claroc found that share links created by Meta's Muse AI agent can be enumerated; researchers listed 6,800 links and found clearly non-public personal and business information in some. CEO Mark Zuckerberg had said last month that Muse was “built from the ground up for privacy and security.”
Tech backlash hits theaters in a stacked 2026A wave of 2026 films and shows takes a critical look at tech: Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning casts Zuckerberg as a villain, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's project portrays Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, and Elon Musk's image shifts in new documentaries.
Meta and Apple team up to run Muse AI models on MacsMeta released the Muse Spark Open AI model, calling it the most capable US open-weight model to date and the first in its class able to run on two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the latest MLX framework. Apple CEO John Ternus publicly supported the launch, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg credited work with Apple.
Zuckerberg admits Meta lacked AI certainty on $200B betMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company had to commit to spending tens of billions of dollars last year on AI infrastructure before knowing whether its AI products would succeed. The admission highlights the huge capital risk tech giants face in the AI race.
AI agent makers promise privacy — will they deliver?At OpenAI DevDay, Sam Altman unveiled the new AI agent Dots and promised to set a new privacy standard for frontier AI, while taking shots at Meta's Muse. Yet Muse itself launched as a supposedly safer option. AI labs are competing to convince users their agents protect data.
Meet Mark and Sam, the AI Agents That Ran My Errands for a WeekMeta introduced AI agent Muse in September, and OpenAI followed with dots, both capable of autonomously handling purchases, emails, and forms. A journalist tested the agents for a week to gauge trustworthiness, noting these services reach a mass commercial audience with almost no learning curve.
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Decision to Pull the Trigger on Meta's AI AgentThe New York Times reports on the inside story of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to launch the company's AI agent. The provided text contains only the headline, with no further details.
Google, Meta, Isomorphic invest $300M in virtual cell researchGoogle DeepMind, Meta, and Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million in Biohub, the nonprofit founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. Part of a $1.8 billion initiative, the funds aim to build AI datasets and a "virtual cell" for simulating disease prevention and management.
Trump signs self-policing AI pact as his power entangles with AIThe Guardian's TechScape says Trump and six AI CEOs signed a "morally binding" self-policing AI agreement, signed by Musk, Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang and Dario Amodei. Zuckerberg reportedly drafted it in advance, and tight new alliances between the White House, Pentagon, intelligence agencies and AI firms are raising concerns in Europe and elsewhere that rely on US AI.
Altucher: AI's Real Bottleneck Is Electricity, and Musk Has a WorkaroundTech analyst James Altucher argues AI growth faces a hard electricity constraint, with traditional power plants unable to meet demand. He cites Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, and Mark Zuckerberg, claiming Elon Musk has quietly built a solution, while most investors focus on the wrong part of the story.
Meta stumbles onto winning AI strategy: wearable assistantsAnalysis predicts AI use will shift from non-agentic tools on PCs and phones to agentic, personalized, proactive assistants on glasses, watches, and earbuds. Despite past Meta failures in metaverse, crypto, and chatbots, its wearable AI positioning may give it an edge.
Meta stock enjoys best month since 2022 on AI momentumMeta shares rose 27% in September, from $572.34 to $725.18, the best month since November 2022. The surge was driven by the Sept. 8 launch of the Muse personal AI agent app, which topped ChatGPT in Apple iOS downloads. Meta also held its Connect conference and hired CJ Desai to head a new enterprise unit.
Meta Dodges Billions in US Taxes by Calling AI Data Centers ExperimentsMeta classifies its AI data centers as 'pilot models' and Nvidia chips as experimental materials to save billions in federal taxes, including $3.9 billion in 2025 alone. The tax credit dates back to 1981, and Meta's own accountants see the strategy as legally risky.
Meta Muse AI roundup: devices, enterprise push, security issuesMeta's Muse AI agent keeps expanding: new small-business tools, a planned enterprise platform, a standalone Muse Charm device and smart-glasses support; meanwhile, an address leak, an exploit and an Amazon block have surfaced.
White House Hosts AI Execs; Congress Keeps Hands Off RegulationTrump met at the White House with tech leaders including Jensen Huang, Mark Zuckerberg, Dario Amodei and Jeff Bezos, while Speaker Johnson resisted AI regulation and the Senate skipped a Democratic-backed regulatory bill. The White House then released a Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities, saying each company is responsible for safe development and that laws may be codified over time.
Trump and major AI executives sign voluntary safety accordTrump and AI leaders including Musk, Zuckerberg, Amodei, Huang, Brockman and Pichai signed voluntary safety standards at the White House, covering multi-layer audits and internal controls, which Trump called 'morally binding.'
Speaker Johnson hopes AI guardrails will be 'voluntary'US House Speaker Mike Johnson said he hopes AI guardrails will be 'voluntary' and that industry sees the writing on the wall. He is set to meet executives including Anthropic's Dario Amodei, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, plus Trump, in Washington. Congress remains in early stages of AI legislation and leaves session this week until after November's election.
Meta Taps MongoDB CEO to Lead Enterprise AI PlatformMeta has appointed MongoDB's president and CEO to lead a new enterprise AI platform, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the next major pillar of the business. The move signals Meta's push into the enterprise AI market.
Meta bets on wearable AI and agent MuseAt its Connect conference, Meta pushed a consumer-friendly AI agent called Muse and updated its smart glasses and VR goggles. Zuckerberg rejected rivals' calls for a coordinated AI slowdown, arguing for wide technology distribution and checks and balances.
Meta unveils VR headset and new smart glasses at ConnectAt Meta Connect, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced several new smart glasses, including a slimmer VR headset, the company's first camera-free glasses and Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, detailing their specs, features and prices.
Meta unveils camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glassesAt Connect 2026, Meta announced the Ray-Ban Meta Audio, its first camera-free AI glasses, offering audio, calls, translation and the Muse assistant for $349. They weigh 43 grams with up to 12 hours of battery life, or 48 hours with the case, aiming to ease privacy criticism of camera-equipped AI glasses.
Meta Connect 2026: AI and smart glasses take center stageMeta will hold its annual Connect event on September 23, with expected focus on AI and wearables like smart glasses. Amid scrutiny over covert recording by users, a rumored camera-free model could be a highlight, while a recent mixed-reality glasses leak hints at new headwear despite scaled-back VR ambitions.
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