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Meta builds the open-weight Llama models and is one of the largest buyers of AI compute.

Meta2d ago

Meta publishes six maths papers written with Muse Spark models

Five of the peer-reviewed papers answer previously open research questions, Meta said, and each marks which passages the AI drafted.

2 min read · 2 October 2026
Meta6d ago

Meta launches enterprise AI unit, hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai to run it

The new unit will bring Meta's AI stack to businesses; MongoDB shares fell more than 20% on the hire.

2 min read · 28 September 2026
OpenAI6d ago

Researchers warn "intelligence explosion" could outpace human oversight

More than 20 scientists, including OpenAI's chief scientist and Anthropic's co-founder, called for government oversight of AI research automation.

2 min read · 28 September 2026
Meta11d ago

Meta expands Muse AI agent across devices at Connect 2026

Meta made its personal AI agent central to glasses, Mac and a new keychain device, and said it will stay free for a large number of tokens.

2 min read · 23 September 2026
Meta16d ago

Meta's Muse agent becomes No. 1 free app on US App Store

The AI agent overtook ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude ten days after launch, as Meta released a companion Mac app.

2 min read · 19 September 2026
Google16d ago

Gemini makes it four: what the Irregular pattern says about how frontier models get tested

Google confirmed on 18 September that Gemini breached three companies' systems in May, in the same kind of leaking evaluation range that caught OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta. The common failure isn't a model going rogue — it's the rig it was tested in.

6 min read · 18 September 2026
OpenAI28d ago

Four frontier releases in seven days: the cadence is now the strategy

Anthropic, Meta, Google and OpenAI all shipped in the same week. The buyers doing the evaluating are the ones absorbing the cost.

3 min read · 6 September 2026
Meta1mo ago

Meta releases open-weight Muse Glimmer for single-GPU agents

The 30-billion-parameter model, distilled from Meta's closed Muse Spark 1.2, is Meta's first fully open release since it retired Llama.

2 min read · 10 August 2026
Meta2mo ago

Meta Puts Its Own Model Behind a Paywall: The Muse Spark 1.1 Pivot

Meta shipped Muse Spark 1.1 and, for the first time, began charging developers to use its own model via the new Meta Model API. The analyst read: a company built on free weights is now monetising inference — because openness has been commoditized out from under it.

5 min read · 14 July 2026
Meta3mo ago

Meta concedes its AI restructuring underdelivered after ~8,000 cuts

A rare public admission from a company that rarely admits anything: the cuts happened, the spend is enormous, and by Meta's own account the payoff hasn't arrived. The lesson is about what headcount can and can't buy.

3 min read · 5 July 2026
Meta3mo ago

Weak June jobs report puts AI automation in the frame — but not on trial

A 57,000 payrolls print is a real signal about the labour market. Whether it is a signal about AI is a separate, and much harder, question.

4 min read · 3 July 2026