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Campaigners urge publishers to quit Meta over AI crawling terms
Publishers face a 30 October deadline over Meta terms critics say let it crawl and reuse their websites. Meta says they cover only its ads and business tools.
Campaigners want Meta's AI glasses banned from the Tube
TfL says it has no plans to restrict specific devices. The Met notes that filming in public is not itself an offence, which is the campaigners' point.
Meta says its AI hacked another firm, the fourth such case
Meta blames a tester misconfiguration after one of its models reached the live internet and attacked another organisation during an evaluation.
Zuckerberg admits Meta's AI agents are lagging expectations
Mark Zuckerberg has told staff Meta's AI agents have not progressed as fast as he hoped, a rare capability reality-check from a frontier lab boss.
Meta builds personalised agentic AI assistant on Muse Spark model
Meta is building a personalised agentic assistant for users powered by its Muse Spark model, with internal codename 'Hatch' and Instagram shopping integration.
Meta and Microsoft cut headcount to reallocate to AI spend
Meta will cut 10% of staff — around 8,000 jobs — while Microsoft is offering buyouts to 7% of US workers, both reallocating capacity to AI spending.
ASA bans AI-generated robot puppy advert as consumers report being misled
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a Facebook ad for a 'smart robotic puppy' that used AI-generated video to exaggerate the product's capabilities, as ITV News uncovers a pattern of misleading AI adverts.
Meta AI agent triggers sensitive data exposure in internal security incident
An AI agent's flawed engineering guidance exposed sensitive user and company data to Meta employees for two hours, highlighting the risks of deploying agentic AI at scale.
UK ICO Contacts Meta After Workers Viewed Intimate Smart Glasses Footage
The Information Commissioner's Office is writing to Meta after reports that outsourced workers in Kenya viewed sensitive content captured by Ray-Ban Meta AI smart glasses, including bedroom and bathroom footage.
European Commission Challenges Meta Over WhatsApp AI Service Restrictions
The EU has asked Meta to suspend WhatsApp Business terms that prevent third-party AI chatbot services, arguing Meta is abusing its dominant market position.
EU Opens Antitrust Probe Into Meta's AI Integration on WhatsApp
The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Meta's integration of its AI assistant into WhatsApp, following a parallel Italian probe.
Meta Slashes Metaverse Spending, Shifts Focus to AI Wearables
Meta plans budget cuts of up to 30% for its metaverse division as CEO Mark Zuckerberg prioritises AI-powered smart glasses and wearable technology.