Recently, Meta officially announced a major project named Project Waterworth. This initiative represents a multi-billion dollar investment spanning several years, aimed at constructing an undersea cable exceeding 50,000 kilometers to support global AI infrastructure. Once completed, this undersea cable project will become the longest in the world, capable of withstanding damage from ship anchors and other hazards. According to the project plan, the cable will extend from the East Coast of the United States to the West Coast, with depths reaching up to 7,000.

Recently, a study led by Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun revealed how artificial intelligence can develop a basic understanding of physics by watching videos. This research, conducted by scientists from Meta FAIR, Paris University, and EHESS, shows that AI systems can acquire intuitive physical knowledge through self-supervised learning without predefined rules. The research team employed a new method called Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (V-JEPA).

Meta has recently announced that it will hold the first LlamaCon developer conference on April 29, focusing on the latest advancements in its Llama series of generative AI models. The event aims to provide developers with a platform to share the latest achievements in open-source AI, helping them to better build applications and products. As generative AI technology rapidly evolves, Meta hopes to further promote the development of its ecosystem through this conference. At the upcoming event, Meta plans to showcase several.

Social media giant Meta recently announced that they have developed a new device capable of reading brain neural signals to enable text input. This research achievement is detailed by Meta's scientists in two studies, utilizing advanced brain imaging technology and deep learning AI models to successfully decode the brain signals of individuals while they type, even reconstructing complete sentences. Specifically, this technology relies on a scanning device known as magnetoencephalography (MEG), which can capture the faint magnetic signals emitted by the brain.

Recently, the research team at Meta Reality Labs has jointly released an innovative generative model called 'Pippo', which can generate a dense turnaround video with a resolution of up to 1K from a randomly taken photo. This breakthrough technology marks another significant advancement in the fields of computer vision and image generation. The core of the Pippo model lies in the design of its multi-view diffusion transformer. Unlike traditional generative models, Pippo does not require any additional inputs, such as fitted parameters.

On the technological stage, two giants, Apple and Meta, are quietly embarking on a competition for AI-driven humanoid robots. Despite their rivalry in certain areas, the intertwining of cooperation and competition may usher in a new chapter in technology. As a pioneer in consumer electronics, Apple's innovation capabilities in smart hardware are unquestionable. Recently, reports have revealed that Apple is heavily investing in artificial intelligence and robotics technology, aiming to develop a humanoid robot capable of interacting naturally with humans.

Meta has recently launched a new risk policy framework aimed at assessing and mitigating the risks associated with cutting-edge AI models, with the intention to halt development or restrict the release of these systems when necessary. This framework, named 'Cutting-edge AI Framework', outlines how Meta will categorize AI models into high-risk and critical risk categories, and take appropriate measures to reduce risks to an 'acceptable level'. In this framework, critical risks are defined as those uniquely capable of executing specific threat scenarios, while high risk implies

According to Bloomberg, Meta officially launched a layoff plan on Monday, targeting primarily 'underperforming' employees. At the same time, Meta is actively seeking new talent to strengthen its position in the artificial intelligence market. The layoffs will affect approximately 3,600 employees, accounting for 5% of Meta's total workforce. Affected employees were notified via email. U.S. employees will receive severance packages that include 16 weeks of pay and additional compensation based on their years of service.

Recently, Meta has come under widespread scrutiny for its practices in artificial intelligence training. According to a lawsuit, the company is accused of downloading a vast number of pirated e-books and articles without authorization to train its AI models. The core of this incident revolves around several leaked emails that provide further evidence of Meta's actions. The emails reveal that Meta acknowledged downloading a controversial large dataset called LibGen, which contains millions of pirated books.

Meta recently announced a collaboration with UNESCO to launch a new language technology partnership initiative designed to collect voice recordings and written transcripts in multiple languages, aimed at advancing the development of openly available artificial intelligence (AI) in the future. This initiative particularly focuses on minority languages that are often overlooked in the digital space. According to Meta, the initiative aims to attract partners to provide over 10 hours of voice recordings and their transcriptions, a rich body of written text, and a collection of translated sentences. Meta hopes to ...

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that Meta will invest up to $65 billion by 2025 to enhance its artificial intelligence (AI) projects. He posted on Facebook that 2025 will be a crucial year for AI, with expectations that Meta's AI assistants will serve over 1 billion users, and the Llama4 model will become an industry-leading cutting-edge model. Additionally, Meta plans to develop an AI engineer capable of gradually contributing code to the company's R&D efforts.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a recent Facebook post that the company plans to significantly increase its capital expenditures by 2025 in order to maintain a competitive edge in the intense AI race. Zuckerberg indicated that Meta expects its capital expenditures in 2025 to reach between $60 billion and $80 billion, primarily for data center construction and expanding its AI development team. This budget range is almost double Meta's spending of $35 billion to $40 billion last year.

Recently, engineers at Meta shared their thoughts on the anonymous social platform TeamBlind, revealing the immense pressure brought by the AI model R1 developed by the Chinese company DeepSeek. DeepSeek is considered to be the world's first open-source AI model comparable to OpenAI's o1 model. Compared to OpenAI, R1 not only has a higher degree of openness, but its training cost is astonishingly low, at just $5.5 million. In contrast, Meta's executives ...