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Meta is in talks with Anthropic to lease computing power from its data centers worth up to $10 billion over two years.

OpenAI, SpaceXAI, and Meta have launched new, more efficient and low-cost artificial intelligence models: after the initial extravagant expenses in AI, companies are now demanding greater affordability.

The season of inclusion (and rights) at Meta is definitely over. Twenty-six former and current employees are denouncing the use of artificial intelligence tools in layoffs, claiming that the algorithms primarily targeted workers with protection needs, including people with disabilities, those on leave, and pregnant women. All the details.

From the cuts in estimates by Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank to doubts about smart glasses, as well as tariffs and tensions within the holding company Delfin: all the factors weighing on the stock of the EssilorLuxottica group led by Francesco Milleri.

Meta is focusing on a proprietary microchip to reduce dependence on Nvidia. Meanwhile, TSMC says it will not be able to fulfill all orders (revenues, meanwhile, are soaring), and SK Hynix also reports a shortage of memory chips. All the details.

During a meeting with employees, Mark Zuckerberg reportedly admitted that the efforts made so far had not yielded the expected results. Even the launch of Meta Compute leaves observers perplexed.

Defense and Big Tech: the EU presidency puts Ireland to the test. The Meta case and more. An in-depth analysis by Oliver Grimm from the European Morning Brief.

Meta is considering opening a division dedicated to cloud computing to rent out its computing power and artificial intelligence models. Zuckerberg’s company is seeking new revenue streams to finance expenses for “personal superintelligence.”

Containing the risks of artificial intelligence is like trying to stop a tsunami. This was demonstrated by the Financial Times and the AI safety group Alice by testing models from Google and Meta – which miserably failed, also providing instructions on how to create biological weapons, malware, and child abuse content. Facts and comments.

Meta Platforms will collaborate with Reliance to build its first artificial intelligence data center in India. Other technology companies are also focusing on the Asian country, including Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and ASML.

Investigations into a possible abuse of dominant position continue, but in the meantime the European Commission has ordered Meta to restore free access to WhatsApp for competing AI chatbots. Facts, accusations, and comments.

Meta is considering a stock issuance to raise funds and finance the development of artificial intelligence: the “personal superintelligence” envisioned by Mark Zuckerberg will require a lot of (and expensive) computing power. Numbers and details.

Taiwanese Acer is also entering the increasingly crowded world of smart glasses, while Meta has filed documents with the FCC for new models ready to debut, although the name of the European partner does not appear.

Zuckerberg’s latest idea is to introduce subscriptions for extra services within Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Here is what the new plans entail and why Meta is moving in this direction. All the details.

Calenda’s outbursts against Meta smell of sovereigntism, but his staunch defense of Europe is not liked by sovereigntists. Will the Action leader’s stance on American Big Tech make it impossible to replicate the Venice and Reggio Calabria model in the upcoming elections? The letter from Carlo Terzano.

With a cold email sent at dawn, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg lays off 8,000 employees, about thirty of them in Italy, and explains that the company must focus on AI. Meanwhile, he toasts the golden quarterly results achieved.

The Mountain View company could be the third contender in the fierce competition between Anthropic and OpenAI. It also intends to compete with Meta in the field of smart glasses: after all, the software houses of Amodei and Altman are not focusing on the hardware sector to give a physical form to their algorithms.

Meta is introducing employee work monitoring systems to train its artificial intelligence models while accelerating the company’s transformation towards AI amid layoffs, internal tensions, and significant uncertainty about the future of work at the company. The New York Times article

AI “steals” jobs in the sense that positions are cut to fund it. The latest in this regard is Cisco, which announced the layoff of nearly 4,000 people to free up resources for investments in AI, but it is joined by Meta, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Amazon, and others. Facts, figures, and comments.

What has the Court of Justice of the EU decided regarding Meta’s case against Agcom concerning fair compensation?

Meta has acquired the startup Assured Robot Intelligence and its leading engineers, Xiaolong Wang (longtime at Nvidia) and Lerrel Pinto (who had also co-founded Fauna Robotics, acquired by Amazon), in an attempt to catch up not only in AI but also in robotics.

Meta reported growth in both revenue and profits in the first quarter. However, the tech giant raised its annual capital expenditure forecasts, signaling its intention to invest billions more in artificial intelligence infrastructure, sparking investor anxiety.

According to the Commission, there is “a large body of evidence from across the European Union indicating that about 10-12% of children under 13 access Instagram and/or Facebook.” If confirmed, the violations could lead to fines of up to 6% of annual turnover. However, Menlo Park disputes the community’s conclusions.

Meta has announced a collaboration with the space startup Overview Energy to ensure the supply of solar energy to its data centers. The initiative is part of the growing energy demand, which is driving several companies (such as SpaceX) to focus on data centers in space.

China imposes restrictions on major Chinese AI startups, banning American capital without government approval, in response to Beijing blocking Meta’s acquisition of the startup Manus.

From the historic conviction of Meta and Google for damages caused by social media addiction emerges the urgency for stricter regulations to curb addictions and youth-related issues and to impose responsibilities on digital companies. The intervention of Francesco Provinciali, member of the technical scientific committee of the Varenna Foundation for Childhood and Adolescence.

The group led by Milleri acquires the Venetian company specialized in production technologies for eyewear. Essilux reports revenues of 7.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 10.8%, driven by smart glasses, Ray-Ban, and myopia solutions.

Mark Zuckerberg’s software company promised Donald Trump massive investments of 600 billion: perhaps this is also why it is preparing for new record cuts to its workforce. Will those who remain have to train the very AI that threaten the jobs of the survivors?

Meta plans an initial wave of layoffs on May 20 with around 8,000 jobs at risk and further cuts in the second half of 2026. Additionally, it terminates the contract with a contractor in Kenya, causing the dismissal of over 1,100 workers who report degrading working conditions. Facts and figures.

The RAM crisis disrupts the market. Qualcomm could produce memory with the Chinese company ChangXin Memory Technologies, while Meta and Microsoft are forced to raise device prices.

After arriving very late to the world of headsets with the failed Apple Vision Pro, the bitten Apple, just like Meta, is now trying to dive headfirst into the smart glasses sector, which is attracting an increasing amount of investment. A first model is expected to be announced by the end of the year, but the uncertainty remains around AI-enhanced Siri, another chapter in which Cupertino is struggling to keep up with its rivals.

Google, Meta, Snap, and Microsoft call the EU’s decision not to extend the law that helps tech companies detect online child pornography “irresponsible.” Excessive privacy obsession or indispensable protection of private life? Here’s what the data says.

Meta’s Superintelligence Labs team, led by child prodigy Alexandr Wang and costing Mark Zuckerberg hundreds of billions of dollars, has unveiled Muse Spark, its first artificial intelligence model, which, however, currently matches OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, or Google’s Gemini only in certain areas. Facts, figures, and comments.

Social networks act like cigarettes, products designed to create addiction that cause known harm, but are (apparently) regulated only after years of resistance from lobbyists and the companies themselves. The article by Enrico Pedemonte taken from Stefano Feltri’s Notes

Cuts to human capital to finance artificial intelligence. This is now the trend undertaken by Big Tech, from Meta to Amazon, including Microsoft, and now Oracle has also initiated layoffs that are expected to be broader in scope than its usual gradual cuts. Facts, figures, and comments.

Hundreds more layoffs on the horizon at Meta, which continues to invest billions in artificial intelligence and introduces a new stock option program to retain executives. Facts, names, and figures.

Guilty of deceiving users about the safety of its platforms – Facebook and Instagram – and failing to adequately protect minors. This is what a New Mexico jury has determined against Meta, which will have to pay $375 million. All the details.

The metaverse is a flop, as are the Quest headsets, which were supposed to be the gateway to the virtual world envisioned by Mark Zuckerberg. After burning through immense amounts of money and most likely failing a corporate rebranding (“Meta”), the company is conceding to the evidence by shutting down access to Horizon Worlds in its VR version. Also, money is needed: Menlo Park promised Trump 600 billion in investments in AI and data centers.

The market is excited about Meta’s (not yet official) decision to lay off 20% of its employees: has Zuckerberg’s company become more efficient thanks to artificial intelligence, or is it just freeing up resources for new investments? Meanwhile, it is securing a $27 billion deal with Nebius for cloud services. All the details.

A Swedish report documented that audio and video clips recorded by Meta’s smart glasses are sent to the American company’s servers and then, through a system of contracts and subcontracting, end up indirectly in West Africa where a company reviews the material to prevent the AI from stumbling. Among the footage sent were even sex scenes, and among the extracted audio were criminal conversations. Is all this privacy-proof?

As sales, investments, and global competition grow, smart glasses are creating tensions between Meta and EssilorLuxottica. Meanwhile, Zuckerberg appears to want to launch them on Prada’s runways… Facts and figures.

Accused of wanting to favor its own proprietary intelligence, Meta has decided to leave competing chatbots off WhatsApp in favor of its smart algorithm. But under certain economic and time-related conditions.