
AMD Offers Equity to Meta in Major AI Chip Deal
AMD has secured a multibillion-dollar deal with Meta, offering the social media giant an equity stake of up to 10% in exchange for a major AI chip purchase.
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AMD has secured a multibillion-dollar deal with Meta, offering the social media giant an equity stake of up to 10% in exchange for a major AI chip purchase.

Meta Platforms is investing $65 million to influence state-level AI policy, its largest election spending ever, starting in Texas and Illinois to prevent inhibitory legislation.

Meta has patented an AI system capable of simulating a deceased person's social media account by analyzing their past activity, though the company says it has no current plans for development.

Social media feeds are being flooded with low-quality, AI-generated content, sparking a significant backlash from users who are tired of the digital 'slop'.

Meta Platforms Inc. surpassed Wall Street's Q4 2025 earnings forecasts, reporting $59.89 billion in revenue amid a multi-billion dollar pivot to AI.

Yann LeCun, a Turing Award winner and former chief A.I. scientist at Meta, warns that Silicon Valley's current AI strategy is a costly 'dead end'.

AI startup Thinking Machines Lab faces internal conflict as co-founders express discontent over slow product releases and funding challenges, highlighting intense industry pressures.

Chinese officials are reviewing Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, citing potential tech export violations after the firm relocated to Singapore.

Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire Singapore-based AI research startup Manus in a deal valued at over $2 billion, bolstering its AI talent roster.

Tech giants like Microsoft and Meta are using complex financial deals to fund the AI infrastructure boom, shifting tens of billions in long-term risk to smaller partners and private investors.

Meta's elite new AI unit, TBD Lab, is reportedly causing a significant cultural divide and an "us-versus-them" mentality within the company just five months after its launch.

Meta is cutting its metaverse budget by up to 30% to pivot towards artificial intelligence, focusing on AI-powered wearables like smart glasses.