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Meta's $17 billion child-safety settlement is the biggest tech payout ever—or 3x what it paid to acquihire a 28-year-old AI superstar

Meta's settlement is roughly 27% of last year's profit and about 8% of annual revenue—a little more than three Alexandr Wang's.

Fortune

Billionaire Gen Zer dropped out of high school to launch his start-up at 17—now he’s the richest self-made 25-year-old in the U.K and all of Europe

James Dacombe, the 25-year-old behind AI chipmaker Olix and brain monitoring startup CoMind, says being young and “naive” was a career advantage.

Fortune

Meta Seeks To Take on OpenAI and Anthropic With a New AI Agent For Software Developers

Meta is making a major push into AI-powered software development with the debut of Muse Code, its first dedicated coding agent.

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Scale AI taps former Google Cloud executive as CEO

Scale AI appointed Francis DeSouza as chief executive officer, effective August 10. DeSouza brings over thirty years of enterprise technology experience to the AI company. He previously led Google Cloud's security products and served as Illumina's CEO. Scale AI recently added BP and Mayo Clinic as new enterprise customers. The…

The Economic Times

Meta Platforms Stock Rises as Muse Spark 1.1 AI Model Debuts

Meta Platforms stock is rallying as its new Muse Spark 1.1 AI model shows improved intelligence scores and marks Meta's first push to monetize AI models via per-token pricing.

MarketBeat

Meta releases latest update of AI model Muse Spark as tech giant accelerates AI push under Alexandr Wang

Meta says Muse Spark 1.1 surpasses models from OpenAI and Anthropic on certain benchmarks—but didn’t include comparisons to rival AI labs’ most recent releases.

Fortune

Meta Announces Its 'Strongest' AI Model Yet, Emphasizes 'Aggressive And Attractive' Pricing

Meta released an update to its Muse Spark artificial intelligence model, with top official Alexandr Wang calling its pricing strategy as "aggressive and attractive."

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The $145 Billion Lie? Zuckerberg's Leaked Town Hall Audio Exposes Massive AI Failures After Mass Layoffs

Leaked audio from a Meta town hall reveals AI struggles and credibility issues after mass layoffs, questioning the $145 billion investment's effectiveness.

International Business Times UK

Meta's next model 'Watermelon' matches GPT-5.5 performance: Report

According to the report, Watermelon is still in training and is expected to succeed Meta's previous frontier AI model, codenamed Avocado, which was released publicly earlier this year as Muse Spark, the company's flagship large language model.

The Economic Times

Weekend Round-Up: Amazon's Leo Satellites, Burry's Micron Short, Meta's AI Developments and More

This week has been a whirlwind of activity in the tech and finance sectors. From Amazon’s latest satellite launch to Michael Burry’s controversial short on Micron, there’s plenty to catch up on. Let’s dive into the top stories of the week.

Benzinga

Meta's Upcoming 'Watermelon' AI Model Matches OpenAI's GPT-5.5 on Key Benchmarks, Alexandr Wang Reportedly Tells Employees

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) forthcoming AI model, Watermelon, has reportedly reached the same performance level as OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 model, as per the company’s Superintelligence Chief, Alexandr Wang.

Benzinga

Meta’s WhatsApp Shakeup Could Put India at the Center of Its Next Growth Push

Meta is investing $900 million in Indian fintech Cred to bring founder Kunal Shah on to lead WhatsApp, aiming to boost monetization of the platform's 3 billion users.

MarketBeat

Fear and anger brew inside Meta amid AI frenzy

A frenzied push for artificial intelligence dominance comes with a different kind of cost for Meta, where massive layoffs, employee surveillance and departures have fueled reports of a heated internal climate. For those who remain, an internal AI training initiative has drawn accusations of surveillance.

The Economic Times

Meta AI chief sees opportunity in models’ giving health advice

The 29-year-old founder of data-labeling startup Scale AI joined Meta after Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg overhauled his company’s AI efforts, including through a $14 billion investment in Scale that was widely viewed as a bid to recruit Wang.

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Million-dollar salaries, billion-dollar stakes: Top AI talent every tech giant is fighting over

As Big Tech and a whole cohort of new-generation AI start-ups race towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), elite researchers and engineering leaders have become the equivalent of franchise athletes.

MarketBeat

Meta's Muse Spark Model: Big Improvements Reinvigorate Investors

Meta Platforms' Muse Spark AI model just injected investors with a much-needed boost of confidence, with shares spiking after its release.

Fortune

Meta unveils Muse Spark, its first new model since its botched Llama 4 debut. But will Muse Spark measure up to expectations?

The new model is competitive with rival AI models, according to data from Meta, but won’t be widely available outside Meta’s own product ecosystem.

Fortune

Billionaire Vinod Khosla says ‘follow your passion’ is bad career advice for kids today—but could be the best in 15 years

Sun Microsystems cofounder Vinod Khosla says AI could upend career advice for Gen Alpha—shifting away from college and “safe” jobs.

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Self-made billionaire says she could have saved ‘10 years of losses’ if she had learned this skill sooner from playing poker

“You have a lot of self-awareness when you start to play poker,” billionaire Jenny Just says—and it’s a game that even guided the late Charlie Munger.

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Kleiner Perkins’s Leigh Marie Braswell learned about risk from playing poker: “If the odds are in your favor, you push your chips to the center”

She was an early employee at Alexandr Wang’s Scale AI. Now, she’s writing checks to some of the buzziest AI startups around.

International Business Times

10 Fast-Growing Tech Companies to Watch in 2026

Major AI and technology organizations—from Nvidia to OpenAI—are widely recognized well beyond traditional tech circles. At the same time, a growing number of fast-scaling tech firms and startups are beginning to make headlines.

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Former Chief AI Scientist calls Meta's Alexandr Wang "young and inexperienced" — "You certainly don't tell a researcher like me what to do."

Yann LeCun recently revealed details leading up to his abrupt exit from Meta, citing manipulated Llama 4 model benchmark test results, a strained relationship with Mark Zuckerberg, and more.

Fortune

Meta’s 28-year-old billionaire prodigy says the next Bill Gates will be a 13-year-old who is ‘vibe coding’ right now

Teenagers, Alexandr Wang argues, have a built-in edge.

International Business Times

Meta's Big AI Bet Hits Turbulence as Alexdanr Wang Critiques Mark Zuckerberg's Leadership

Meta's AI ambitions face challenges as Alexandr Wang critiques Mark Zuckerberg's hands-on leadership and internal upheaval grows.

Benzinga

Meta Resets AI, Hardware Plans As 'Avocado' Delays, Leadership Turmoil, Cost Cuts Mount

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) is reshaping its artificial intelligence strategy with sweeping leadership changes, escalating investments and a decisive shift away from its open-source roots.

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