Meta is the US technology company behind Facebook, Instagram and its Muse AI models. Recent coverage has centered on AI spending pressure: S&P cut its AA- credit outlook to negative, and rising AI capex forecasts at Meta, Alphabet and Amazon fed a sharp October tech selloff. Meta also partnered with Ohio State's medical college under a $2 million, five-university grant, quietly launched the Style Sketch fashion app in Southeast Asia, and drew Senate questions over smart-glasses privacy.
Meta debuts Muse personal AI agentMeta launched Muse, a personal AI agent in the U.S. that connects to users' email, calendars, payments, health and other apps; Muse is powered by Meta's Muse Spark model and will be available on web, iOS, Android and WhatsApp. The agent can send emails, book travel, make purchases via Link by Stripe, and will be free with planned subscription tiers.
Meta ads promoted AI nudify apps with child abuse contentThe Tech Transparency Project reported that Meta failed to detect 332 ads containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) this year, with the vast majority promoting China-made AI “nudify” apps. Some ads used photos of real minors — including a European royal press photo and a 14-year-old Instagram influencer — which TTP says were AI-animated into sexual videos.
Meta removes AI usage from engineer reviewsMeta will no longer judge engineers by how much they use AI tools, according to an internal memo from Maher Saba and Santosh Janardhan. Meta says internal AI use is heading toward billions in costs in 2026, plans budgets and a central dashboard in 2027, and is testing an AI agent called Hatch that faces employee privacy pushback.
The A.I. Daily