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Instagram users: Here’s how to stop Meta’s AI from using your photos
Meta’s new Muse Image feature lets anyone generate AI images from public Instagram photos, sparking privacy concerns and prompting users to opt‑out of the feature.
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Coverage highlights Meta's role in AI infrastructure and a new Instagram logo, but also notes a major legal threat and aggressive teen‑account deletions in Australia, yielding a mixed tone.
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Meta debuts new, cheaper smart glasses under its own brand
Meta launches the Meta Glasses line—$299‑priced, camera‑equipped, and powered by Meta AI—partnering with EssilorLuxottica to compete in the smart‑glasses market.
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OpenAI Launches GPT‑5.6, Meta Unveils Muse Spark 1.1
OpenAI rolled out its latest large‑language model GPT‑5.6 and Meta released the Muse Spark 1.1 agentic coding API, marking a significant step in AI tooling for developers and enterprises.
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Meta enters the crowded AI coding battle with Muse Spark 1.1
Meta publicly launched a new version of Muse Spark, a multimodal AI model designed for agentic coding, aiming to compete with OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Meta launches image generation model with coding, search capabilities
Meta’s Muse Image can generate images from detailed prompts and even write code or search the web to complete requests.
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Meta Platforms Unveils New Privacy‑First Data Policy Amid Regulatory Scrutiny
Meta Platforms has rolled out a comprehensive privacy‑first data policy, aiming to address growing regulatory pressure in the U.S. and EU. The policy includes enhanced user controls, clearer data usage disclosures, and a commitment to reduce third‑party data sharing.
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Meta Platforms launches Web3‑powered marketplace for digital collectibles
Meta announced a new Web3 marketplace that lets creators mint, sell, and trade digital collectibles using its own blockchain layer, aiming to capture the growing NFT and metaverse economy.
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Yann LeCun launches AMI Labs with $1bn in funding to build AI beyond large language models
Former Meta AI chief Yann LeCun has founded Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs (AMI Labs) in Paris, securing over $1 billion from Nvidia and Jeff Bezos’s wealth fund to develop a new AI architecture that moves beyond large language models and tackles real‑world physics.
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Meta Unveils Biggest Llama 3 AI Model, Touting Language and Math Gains
Meta released a 405‑billion‑parameter Llama 3 model that boasts multilingual skills and improved reasoning, positioning itself as a strong competitor to OpenAI’s GPT‑4o. The announcement came during Meta Connect, highlighting the platform’s focus on open‑source AI.
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Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped
Meta’s CEO explained at a town‑hall that the pace of AI agent development has stalled, citing recent layoffs and a need for faster progress to stay competitive.
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Google limits Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models, FT reports
Google has imposed limits on Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models after the social‑media giant requested more computing capacity than Google could provide.
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Meta launches its own $299 smart glasses ahead of Apple’s debut
Meta unveiled the Adventurer, Fury, and Starfire smart‑glasses under its own brand, undercutting the Ray‑Ban line and positioning itself for the upcoming consumer AR wave.
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Meta Expands AI Infrastructure With AWS Graviton Chips
Meta partnered with Amazon Web Services to deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores, powering its agentic AI systems and emphasizing purpose‑built silicon for AI workloads.
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AI Regulation Surges, Apple Smart Glasses Leak, and Autonomous IT Rise — Tech News April 12, 2026
AI is becoming a national security concern, Apple is preparing its next hardware breakthrough, and enterprises are moving toward fully autonomous systems.
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Meta Bets Big on AMD in $60bn AI Chip Deal
Meta has agreed to a sweeping $60bn, five-year deal with Advanced Micro Devices, acquiring chips and a 10% stake in the company as it doubles down on AI — the latest sign that the industry's hunger for processing power is only growing stronger.