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Confirmed
In Short: Mark Zuckerberg addressed staff about coverage misrepresenting Meta's motives and announced new AI models.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, defended the company's motives and work in a note to staff, which he also posted publicly, saying, 'It’s difficult to see coverage that misrepresents our work and our motives.
In a significant move, Meta changed its name to reflect its newest priority, a decision made weeks after Zuckerberg's public statement.
The company's Ray-Ban Meta glasses, launched in 2023, did not meet expectations, but this product's performance is part of a broader pattern of chasing new opportunities.
For two decades, Meta has been central to online activities, influencing how people interact and consume content.
Matthew Lillard, who starred in the original Scream and its seventh installment, expressed embarrassment over his involvement in the latter, which used AI deepfakes as a psychological weapon, thanks to a partnership with Meta AI.
Zuckerberg announced plans for a larger AI model codenamed 'Watermelon' and the release of Muse Spark 1.3, positioning Meta as a cost-effective leader in AI technology.
Both Meta and Google joined Anthropic's AI launch party, but Meta's trajectory is seen as more promising due to its blend of intelligence and cost.
Meta, along with YouTube and Snapchat, criticized a ban proposed by Keir Starmer that would prevent younger teenagers from using their services, arguing it could push users to less safe platforms.
What this adds
The Verge's reporting provides new insights into Meta's product launches and strategic direction.
The Guardian's coverage adds context to the proposed ban on younger teenagers using Meta's services.
Techexplorist's report on the genetic study adds to the understanding of how DNA influences behavior.
What's confirmed
- Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, defended the company's motives and work in a note to staff, which he also posted publicly, saying, 'It’s difficult to see coverage that misrepresents our work and our motives.
- In a significant move, Meta changed its name to reflect its newest priority, a decision made weeks after Zuckerberg's public statement.
- The company's Ray-Ban Meta glasses, launched in 2023, did not meet expectations, but this product's performance is part of a broader pattern of chasing new opportunities.
- For two decades, Meta has been central to online activities, influencing how people interact and consume content.
- Matthew Lillard, who starred in the original Scream and its seventh installment, expressed embarrassment over his involvement in the latter, which used AI deepfakes as a psychological weapon, thanks to a partnership with Meta AI.
- Zuckerberg announced plans for a larger AI model codenamed 'Watermelon' and the release of Muse Spark 1.3, positioning Meta as a cost-effective leader in AI technology.
- Both Meta and Google joined Anthropic's AI launch party, but Meta's trajectory is seen as more promising due to its blend of intelligence and cost.
- Meta, along with YouTube and Snapchat, criticized a ban proposed by Keir Starmer that would prevent younger teenagers from using their services, arguing it could push users to less safe platforms.
What's still developing
- But the exchange is a microcosm of how Zuckerberg has run Meta, a sprawling online empire worth well over a trillion dollars: by always chasing the next big opportunity.
- Matthew Lillard has confessed that he feels “embarrassed” about starring in Scream 7 following franchise star Melissa Barrera’s firing over her vocal support for Palestine.
- Meta, Google join the September AI launch party Nate's Notebook: Tech literacy = your AI ceiling Nail job interviews with the “Proof Project” method The Rundown: Meta and Google both just shipped new models, with Mark Zuckerberg pitching Meta’s Muse Spark 1.3 as “frontier performance almost too cheap to meter,” and Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash showing a stronger bounce-back from its 2026 struggles.
- DeepMind’s Koray Kavukcuoglu admitted Gemini sits “a little below the frontier”, and said, “there’s nothing other than being at the frontier that’s important for us.” Why it matters: Meta continues to climb with an impressive blend of intelligence and cost (something Google used to own), making Watermelon a potential industry-shaker.
- Published in Nature Genetics, the meta-analysis pooled data from 46 cohorts, encompassing between 611,000 and 1.14 million participants of European-like and African-like ancestry.
- A sweeping new study provides the clearest genetic evidence yet that our DNA plays a significant role in shaping these stable differences in how we think, feel, and behave.