The EU has officially opened a significant investigation into Meta for its alleged failures to remove election disinformation. While the European Commission’s statement doesn’t explicitly mention Russia, Meta confirmed to Engadget the EU probe targets the country’s Doppelganger campaign, an online disinformation operation pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda. Bloomberg’s sources also said the probe was focused on … Read more
Meta’s newest smart glasses, developed in partnership with Ray-Ban, have been newly fleshed out with more AI features. This week, Meta started rolling out an over-the-air update to its second generation of smart sunglasses that gives the wearables some new capabilities. The biggest update is the Meta AI with Vision feature, which incorporates Meta’s ChatGPT-enabled … Read more
Meta has announced that its Meta Horizon OS will no longer be exclusive to its Quest headsets (such as the incredible Meta Quest 3), and this might be the most important news we’ll see in the XR space this decade. It’s an announcement I’ve been expecting for years – for reasons I’ll outline below – … Read more
Meta’s VR headsets recently received update v64, which according to Meta added several improvements to their software – such as better-quality mixed-reality passthrough in the case of the Meta Quest 3 (though I didn’t see a massive difference after installing the update on my headset). It’s now been discovered (first by Twitter user @Squashi9) that … Read more
I’m trying to breathe slowly, relaxing my shoulders and following the visual cues inside a pastel-colored world bathed in an orange sunset. It was almost easy to forget I was being watched carefully by several Meta and Headspace representatives, like a sort of laboratory experiment. Trying to act natural and relaxed, while being watched and … Read more
Meta AI has this week released CodeLlama 70B a new large language model specifically designed to assist developers and coders. The new AI coding model has and impressive 70 billion parameters but is capable of being run locally. This model is designed to handle a wide range of tasks, from language processing to complex problem-solving. … Read more
Meta has this month unveiled a new AI sound generator called AudioBox, which is set to transform the way we interact with sound. This innovative tool allows users to convert text into speech, compose music, and create sound effects with ease, using simple text prompts. The introduction of AudioBox marks a significant step forward in … Read more