Kurt Wagner
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Meta In Talks For Scale AI Investment That Could Top $10 Billion
This will be Meta's largest external AI investment yet, aiming to make Llama the global industry standard.
- Sunday June 8, 2025
- Author: David Carnevali, Shirin Ghaffary, Katie Roof, Kurt Wagner, Bloomberg
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Zuckerberg Says Biden Administration ‘Pressured’ Meta To Pull Covid Posts
Zuckerberg joins other social media executives, including Jack Dorsey, former CEO of blogging platform Twitter, in lamenting past instances of content moderation that, in their view, went too far.
- Tuesday August 27, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner
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Musk’s Free Speech Mantra Collides With Crackdowns On Hate Speech And Disinformation
Critics say that “free speech” defense has shielded users who promote hate speech and falsehoods.
- Thursday August 15, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner, Michael Shepard
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Ex-Twitter Chairman Sues Elon Musk’s X For $20 Million In Shares
Kordestani served as the company’s executive chairman from 2015 to 2020 and stayed on the board for two more years, until Musk bought the platform for $44 billion.
- Saturday August 10, 2024
- Author: Madlin Mekelburg, Kurt Wagner
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Instagram To Let Users Create Custom Chatbots For Their Profiles
People can tell their bot what types of questions to answer, or which topics to avoid, Meta wrote in a blog post.
- Tuesday July 30, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner
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Elon Musk’s X To Summarize News Events Using Grok AI
X, the social network owned by Elon Musk, will start summarizing news events inside the app by using xAI’s chatbot, Grok.
- Saturday May 4, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner
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Zuckerberg Asks For Patience After Meta’s AI Push Irks Investors
It was a familiar pitch for Zuckerberg, who has said before that the company’s futuristic technological bets will eventually pay off.
- Thursday April 25, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner
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Zuckerberg Asks For Patience After Meta’s AI Push Irks Investors
It was a familiar pitch for Zuckerberg, who has said before that the company’s futuristic technological bets will eventually pay off.
- Thursday April 25, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner
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Instagram Generated Almost 30% of Meta’s Revenue in Early 2022
Meta Platforms Inc. brought in almost 30% of its revenue from Instagram in the first half of 2022, according to court filings that reveal for the first time how much money the popular photo and video service has generated.
- Saturday April 6, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner, Leah Nylen
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Zuckerberg’s Asia Tour To Range From AI To Ambani Wedding Party
Zuckerberg is poised for a packed week in Asia, with stops in Japan, South Korea and India.
- Monday February 26, 2024
- Author: Yoolim Lee, Kurt Wagner
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Zuckerberg’s Asia Tour To Range From AI To Ambani Wedding Party
Zuckerberg is poised for a packed week in Asia, with stops in Japan, South Korea and India.
- Monday February 26, 2024
- Author: Yoolim Lee, Kurt Wagner
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Meta Adds Two New Board Directors With Sandberg Set To Depart
Broadcom Inc. CEO Hock E. Tan will take a seat on Meta’s board. So will John Arnold, the co-founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures, a private investment firm focused on philanthropy.
- Thursday February 15, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner
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Meta Adds Two New Board Directors With Sandberg Set To Depart
Broadcom Inc. CEO Hock E. Tan will take a seat on Meta’s board. So will John Arnold, the co-founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures, a private investment firm focused on philanthropy.
- Thursday February 15, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner
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Meta To Detect And Label More AI-Created Posts As Elections Loom
Meta Platforms Inc. will begin labeling more posts that were created using artificial intelligence tools as part of a broader effort to prevent misinformation and deception from spreading on Facebook, Instagram and Threads during a critical election year.
- Tuesday February 6, 2024
- Author: Kurt Wagner, Jillian Deutsch
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Musk’s Track Record, OpenAI Success Are Focus Of Potential xAI Investors
Potential investors in Elon Musk’s new artificial intelligence startup, xAI, are focusing on two key selling points: access to the billionaire’s constellation of companies — referred to as the “Muskonomy” — and the early success of one of its biggest competitors, OpenAI.
- Tuesday February 6, 2024
- Author: Layan Odeh, Gillian Tan, Kurt Wagner