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Meta is Shutting Down Its Llama API — Here's What Developers Need to Know

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Meta announced Sunday that it will shut down the Llama API on July 6, 2026. The service, which has been in public preview since its launch, will stop accepting requests entirely after that date.

Meta Paid Contractors to Pose as Teens and Trick Competitor AI Chatbots

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Meta has been running a covert operation where hundreds of contract workers pretend to be children online, probing how rival AI chatbots handle high-risk topics — self-harm, suicide, even sexual abuse.

The project, codenamed “Cannes,” was detailed in internal Meta documents and confirmed by five people familiar with the effort. It ran at least through April 21, managed by Covalen, an outsourcing firm Meta uses. The targets: OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini — along with Character.AI.

A Rare Bacteria in Meta's Data Center Wastewater Shut Down a City's Water System

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

The city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, spent months tracking down the source of a mystery contaminant in its reclaimed water system. The culprit turned out to be a rare bacteria — and it came from Meta’s data center construction site.

On July 2, Cheyenne’s Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) confirmed that Goat Systems LLC, a contractor working on Meta’s data center, was the source of industrial wastewater that had contaminated the city’s reclaimed water system. The discovery has prompted the city to suspend all wastewater intake from data center-related construction operations indefinitely.

Meta's 'Watermelon' AI Model Has Caught Up to GPT-5.5, Exec Says

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Meta’s next-generation AI model, codenamed Watermelon, has matched OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 in key benchmarks — a sign that the social media giant’s massive AI investment is starting to pay off.

Wang Tao, who leads Meta’s super-intelligence division, shared the news with employees during an internal all-hands meeting, according to two people familiar with the discussion. Wang did not specify which benchmarks the model was tested on.

Meta's next MTIA AI chips will use Samsung's 2nm process

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Meta’s custom AI chip roadmap is taking a sharp turn. After two generations built on TSMC’s process technology, the company’s next MTIA accelerators will be manufactured by Samsung Foundry using its 2nm node — and the partnership goes far beyond simple wafer orders.

The Social Network Sequel 'Social Settlement' Drops Its First Poster — With a New Zuckerberg

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Fourteen years after The Social Network gave audiences a tightly wound, Aaron Sorkin–scripted origin story of Facebook, the sequel is finally real. Social Settlement — the working title — dropped its first poster on July 1, and it already looks darker, messier, and more complicated than the original.

Meta built a custom chip to put old DDR4 memory in new AI servers

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

When a server reaches the end of its three-to-five-year lifecycle, most of its components get scrapped or recycled. But Meta noticed something: the DDR4 memory modules inside those machines can keep working for seven to ten years. So the company built a custom chip to bridge that gap.

Meta restricts its AI engineers from using Claude and Codex — to prevent model distillation

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There’s an awkward tension inside Meta’s AI division. The company has quietly told its AI engineers to stop using Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, two of the most popular AI coding tools in the industry. But the decision, according to internal documents reviewed by The Information, has nothing to do with cost or productivity.

Qualcomm Predicts $150 Billion Data Center Chip Revenue by 2029, Secures Microsoft and Meta Orders

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:33:00 +0800

Qualcomm has announced that its data center business is on track to generate $150 billion in revenue by 2029, as the chipmaker aggressively expands beyond its core smartphone chip business. The news sent Qualcomm shares up more than 12% in after-hours trading.

Meta Unveils Three Own-Brand Smart Glasses: Adventurer, Fury, and Starfire Starting at $299

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:20:00 +0800

Meta has officially entered the smart glasses market under its own brand for the first time, launching three new models: Adventurer, Fury, and Starfire. The lineup, which starts at $299, marks a significant expansion of Meta’s wearable ambitions beyond its long-running Ray-Ban partnership — and brings the technology within reach of a broader audience.

EU Accuses Meta of Designing Addictive Products for Children, Threatens Hefty Fines

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:24:00 +0800

The European Union is preparing to escalate its investigation into Meta, accusing the social media giant of deploying deliberately addictive product designs on Facebook and Instagram that keep children hooked. The move marks a significant intensification of regulatory pressure on the company and could result in fines of up to 6% of Meta’s global annual revenue.

CRED Founder Kunal Shah to Lead Meta's WhatsApp in Landmark Deal

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:52:00 +0800

Indian fintech firm CRED announced on June 22 (US local time) that Meta has invested a combined 85.5 billion Indian rupees (approximately $10.2 billion USD) across primary and secondary markets for a roughly 20% equity stake, giving the company a post-investment valuation of 4,323.9 billion rupees — about 31.1 billion yuan at current exchange rates. Meta will not gain access to CRED’s customer information as part of the transaction.