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Meta is planning to automate product risk assessments for apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, potentially streamlining privacy evaluations for up to 90% of updates. This shift could enhance efficiency but also raises questions about oversight and accountability. Meanwhile, the company faces a talent drain as key AI researchers leave for the emerging Mistral AI startup, which could impact its competitive edge in the AI space.
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Meta's Llama AI Team Suffers Talent Exodus As Top Researchers Join $2B Mistral AI, Backed By Andreessen Horowitz And Salesforce Mistral AI, a Paris-based startup founded by former Meta (NASDAQ:META) researchers Guillaume Lample and Timothée Lacroix, is rapidly emerging as a key player in the open-source AI space, and it's doing so with Meta‘s top talent. The tech giant is contending with a major loss of talent within its AI division as the architects behind its flagship Llama models exit the company. According to Business Insider, only three of the 14 researchers credited on the 2023 Llama paper remain employed at Meta. | about 18 hours ago |
Meta plans to automate many of its product risk assessments An AI-powered system could soon take responsibility for evaluating the potential harms and privacy risks of up to 90% of updates made to Meta apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, according to internal documents reportedly viewed by NPR. NPR says a 2012 agreement between Facebook (now Meta) and the Federal Trade Commission requires the company to conduct privacy reviews of its products, evaluating the risks of any potential updates. Until now, those reviews have been largely conducted by human evalu | about 23 hours ago |
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Meta's Llama AI Team Suffers Talent Exodus As Top Researchers Join $2B Mistral AI, Backed By Andreessen Horowitz And Salesforce
Mistral AI, a Paris-based startup founded by former Meta (NASDAQ:META) researchers Guillaume Lample and Timothée Lacroix, is rapidly emerging as a key player in the open-source AI space, and it's doing so with Meta‘s top talent. The tech giant is contending with a major loss of talent within its AI division as the architects behind its flagship Llama models exit the company. According to Business Insider, only three of the 14 researchers credited on the 2023 Llama paper remain employed at Meta.
Meta plans to automate many of its product risk assessments
An AI-powered system could soon take responsibility for evaluating the potential harms and privacy risks of up to 90% of updates made to Meta apps like Instagram and WhatsApp, according to internal documents reportedly viewed by NPR. NPR says a 2012 agreement between Facebook (now Meta) and the Federal Trade Commission requires the company to conduct privacy reviews of its products, evaluating the risks of any potential updates. Until now, those reviews have been largely conducted by human evalu
Where the Stock Market Stands Now After a Wild Start to the Year
(Bloomberg) -- The stock market’s crazy first five months of 2025 have left Wall Street pros in a bit of a pickle. Most Read from BloombergBillionaire Steve Cohen Wants NY to Expand Taxpayer-Backed FerryNow With Colorful Blocks, Tirana’s Pyramid Represents a Changing AlbaniaNYC Congestion Toll Brings In $216 Million in First Four MonthsThe Economic Benefits of Paying Workers to MoveWhere the Wild Children’s Museums AreComing off the best month for the S&P 500 Index in a year and a half and the b
Germany Considers 10% Digital Tax On Tech Giants Alphabet, Meta: Report
In a move that could escalate trade tensions with the U.S., Germany is reportedly contemplating imposing a 10% tax on major online platforms, including Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META). What Happened: Wolfram Weimer, the new German Minister of State for Culture, disclosed this proposal in an interview with Stern magazine. This revelation comes before Chancellor Friedrich Merz‘s anticipated visit to Washington, although no official confirmation has
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