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OpenAI's Sam Altman Says AI Costs Have Become a 'Huge Issue' For Companies

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said AI spending has become a "huge issue" for companies.

International Business Times

AI Costs Are Forcing Big Companies to Put Limits on Workers: Report

Some of the country's biggest companies are beginning to ration access to AI for employers, track their usage more aggressively, and steer tem toward cheaper tools as costs rise faster than expected.

International Business Times

Meta lays out details of May 20 restructuring in internal document

Meta is implementing significant workforce changes, laying off 10% of its global employees this week and planning further cuts. These moves are driven by a major AI overhaul, with 7,000 employees being transferred to new AI initiatives. Managerial roles are also being eliminated as the company restructures for flatter, faster…

The Economic Times

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Meta lays out plans for May 20 layoffs, restructuring; closes 6,000 open roles

Meta Platforms is cutting jobs and reorganizing teams to boost its artificial intelligence capabilities. Thousands of employees will be moved to AI-focused roles. This move signals a significant shift in the company's strategy, prioritizing AI development across its products and operations.

The Economic Times

‘That doesn't sound very healthy’: Amazon’s reported tokenmaxxing might gamify AI usage, analyst warns

Amazon employees are reportedly gaming internal AI leaderboards to inflate their token counts.

Fortune

Meta Connect 2026 kicks off in September — date, time and mystery new smart glasses teased

Meta Connect 2026 kicks off in September with a mystery pair of smart glasses and promised AI updates.

Tom’s Guide

Meta executive says he gets stressed only five times a year and that it’s actually ‘a useful signal’

Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth says being busy with important matters on the table is his stress “trigger”: He calms down with exercise and deep breathing.

Fortune

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Meta to surveil staff to teach its AI to work, report says

System will log mouse movements and look at employees’ screens

The Independent UK

Meta Installs Software to Track US Employees' Mouse Movements and Keystrokes for AI Training

Meta Platforms Inc. is rolling out new tracking software on the computers of its U.S.-based employees to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes, using the data to train artificial intelligence models aimed at building autonomous AI agents capable of performing everyday work tasks, according to internal memos obtained by Reuters.

International Business Times

Meta will raise prices on the Quest 3 and 3S starting Saturday, April 19: here's how much more you'll pay

Meta announced that it would raise prices on its VR headsets starting April 19. Here's how much they'll cost.

Tom’s Guide

A Meta employee created a dashboard so coworkers can compete to be the company's No. 1 AI token user—and Zuckerberg doesn't even rank in the top 250

The company’s employees could compare themselves to their colleagues and earn achievement titles like “Model Connoisseur” and “Cache Wizard” on the “Claudeonomics” leaderboard.

Fortune

Meta has a new boss to help 'encourage' its workers to use more AI

Meta wants all 78,000 of its workers to use AI at work, despite rumors of huge potential layoffs.

TechRadar

Meta isn’t closing down its VR metaverse after all — it’ll stay live in a limited capacity for ‘the foreseeable future’

Meta's CTO has revealed it won't shut down Horizon Worlds in VR after all.

TechRadar

Meta U-turns on Horizon Worlds VR shutdown after user backlash

Meta has reversed its decision to pull the plug on Horizon Worlds in VR after backlash, keeping it alive as it shifts focus toward mobile growth and a wider user base.

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The Independent UK

Meta shuts down its ‘Horizon Worlds’ metaverse – and then decides not to

Idea and software that inspired Facebook’s name change has failed to take off

Fortune

Want to live forever? Meta patented an AI model that would keep your profile active after you die

Meta’s new AI patent means your dead uncle could still comment fire emojis on your posts, but experts say this could undermine grief and closure.

Tom’s Guide

Meta Quest 4 is not dead — CTO indicates ‘officially leaked’ VR headset is still coming and company will ‘learn from’ Steam Frame

Despite the shift, Meta’s VR efforts are not dead. Its CTO appears to confirm Quest 4 is on the way and that the company is still pouring resources into VR.

Android Central

Whether Meta ends up as the Atari of VR is TBD, but the 2026 parallels to 1983 are becoming clearer for one big reason

Games like Dimensional Double Shift are reporting record numbers of players, but there's no telling what VR gaming is going to look like a few years from now.

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MarketBeat

What to Watch for in Meta's Earnings: 2026 CapEx and AI Updates

Meta Platforms' Q4 2025 earnings release is quickly approaching. These are the top metrics and developments that investors will be watching.

Android Central

'We're going to let VR be what it is and what it does great,' says Meta execs regarding Quest changes

Last week's layoffs of 1,500 Reality Labs employees shocked the Meta Quest community, and now Meta is finally explaining what's going to happen next.

TechRadar

‘We’re going to let VR be what it is’ Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth addresses the major VR layoffs – and teases a new direction for the metaverse

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth has explained the company's new approach to VR, the metaverse, and XR glasses.

International Business Times

Meta Reduces Reality Labs Workforce While Pivoting to AI-Powered Glasses

Meta cuts over 1,000 Reality Labs jobs to focus on AI-powered smart glasses and mobile metaverse experiences.

Android Central

Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses will get virtual handwriting, IG Reels support in 2026

Meta's bold plan to introduce virtual handwriting on its Ray-Ban Display glasses uses the Neural Band to pick up EMG signals in your wrist.

Android Central

The Meta Quest 4 might get a serious glow-up now that Meta stole two of Apple's lead designers for iPhone, Vision Pro, and the Apple Watch.

Two legendary designers at Apple are jumping ship and heading to lead Meta's Reality Labs design team, marking the beginning of a new chapter for Meta.

Android Central

Meta Horizon OS gets top-level firepower to combat Android XR

Meta splits the Metaverse in two and puts a new boss in charge.

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