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WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Eli Tan |Mike Isaac

Technology|WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its Apphttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/technology/whatsapp-ads.htmlYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said. The move is potentially lucrative, while raising questions about user privacy.
WhatsApp introduces ads in Its app

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Eli Tan |Mike Isaac |NYT Business

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, the messaging app had a clear focus. No ads, no games and no gimmicks. For years, that is what WhatsApp’s 2 billion users -- many of them in Brazil, India and other countries around the world -- got. They chatted with friends and family unencumbered by advertising and other features found on social media. Now that is set to change. On Monday, WhatsApp said it would start showing ads inside its app for the first time.
WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Eli Tan |Mike Isaac

NowTurn This ChatGPT Prompt Into A Six-Figure Passive Income StreamEveryone knows that ChatGPT is one of the most powerfully amazing productivity tools one can find. But just how well are you using it? The level of productivity that you can achieve with this AI tool is only just as good as how effective and specific your prompts are.
Meta is creating a new AI lab to pursue ‘superintelligence’

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Mike Isaac |Cade Metz

SAN FRANCISCO — Meta is preparing to unveil a new artificial intelligence research lab dedicated to pursuing “superintelligence,” a hypothetical AI system that exceeds the powers of the human brain, as the tech giant jockeys to stay competitive in the technology race, according to four people with knowledge of the company’s plans.
WhatsApp introduces ads in its app - Editor and Publisher

1 week ago | editorandpublisher.com | Eli Tan |Mike Isaac

Posted Monday, June 16, 2025 11:05 am When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, the messaging app had a clear focus. No ads, no games and no gimmicks.
Meta vai investir US$ 14,3 bi para criar super IA após ficar atrás de rivais

2 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | Mike Isaac |Cade Metz

A Meta afirmou nesta quinta-feira, 12, ter o plano de investir US$ 14,3 bilhões na Scale AI, uma startup que trabalha com dados para treinar sistemas de inteligência artificial, em um acordo que a Meta espera que adicione a força necessária à sua até agora decepcionante divisão de IA. Como condição do acordo, Alexandr Wang, executivo-chefe de 28 anos da Scale AI, planeja se juntar à Meta em um cargo de liderança na nova divisão, que a Meta está chamando de laboratório de Superinteligência.
A Meta também está determinada em criar uma ‘super IA com capacidade sobrehumana’

2 weeks ago | estadao.com.br | Cade Metz |Mike Isaac

A Meta está se preparando para anunciar um novo laboratório de pesquisa de inteligência artificial (IA) dedicado a buscar a “superinteligência”, um sistema hipotético de IA que excede os poderes do cérebro humano. É uma tentativa da gigante para se manter competitiva na corrida tecnológica, de acordo com quatro pessoas com conhecimento dos planos da empresa.
Meta is creating a new AI lab to pursue ‘superintelligence’

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Cade Metz |Mike Isaac

SAN FRANCISCO — Meta is preparing to unveil a new artificial intelligence research lab dedicated to pursuing “superintelligence,” a hypothetical AI system that exceeds the powers of the human brain, as the tech giant jockeys to stay competitive in the technology race, according to four people with knowledge of the company’s plans.
Meta to invest in Scale AI, deepening focus on strategic tools for artificial intelligence

2 weeks ago | telegraphindia.com | Mike Isaac

The potential investment is a sign that large tech companies remain interested in start-ups focused on AI amid a heated contest to be a leader in the technology Mike Isaac Published 11.06.25, 09:17 AM TIP THE SCALE File picture Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, is in advanced talks to invest billions of dollars in Scale AI, a start-up focused on data used by artificial intelligence companies, according to two sources.
Meta reorganiza sus esfuerzos de IA con un laboratorio de 'superinteligencia'

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Cade Metz |Mike Isaac

El laboratorio, que incluirá al fundador de Scale AI, Alexandr Wang, forma parte de los proyectos de inteligencia artificial bajo el mandato de Mark Zuckerberg.