Meta has unveiled a new AI feature that would allow Facebook to access users’ entire camera rolls. The system is designed to analyse locally stored photos in order to provide automatic editing suggestions before images are uploaded to the platform. Meta stressed that the function is optional and requires explicit
On 1 October 2025, Meta announced that it may begin using data from users’ AI chatbot conversations to deliver targeted advertising. The company stated that interactions with its AI assistants—similar to ChatGPT—will be anonymised and analysed to build more precise advertising profiles. This initiative is strategically important as
In September 2025, Indianapolis bankruptcy lawyer Mark S. Zuckerberg filed a lawsuit against Meta after the company suspended his Facebook account five times in eight years on accusations of impersonating a celebrity, causing him significant business losses. The attorney, who has practised for 38 years, claims that Meta breached its
In June 2025, Meta invested $14.3 billion in the data-labelling company Scale AI, but the partnership ran into difficulties only a few months later. As part of the collaboration, Scale AI’s CEO Alexandr Wang and several senior executives took over leadership of Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), yet soon
On 15 August 2025, Reuters published a leaked 200-page internal Meta document revealing that the company’s AI chatbots could engage in intimate conversations with minors and provide inaccurate health advice. The leaked guideline, prepared by Meta employees, shows that the company knowingly allowed its AI models to discuss topics
Meta's AI chatbot service recently raised serious privacy concerns after thousands of users discovered their supposedly private conversations appeared publicly in the app's Discover feed. The issue came to light in early June 2025, when users reported seeing their personal health questions, dating advice, and other
A federal court in San Francisco has ruled that Meta legally used authors' works to train its AI models. Judge Vince Chhabria's decision determined that the Facebook parent company's practices are protected under the fair use doctrine, though the judge cautioned this doesn't
In July 2025, a serious privacy flaw was discovered in the Meta AI application that caused users' conversations to automatically become public due to default settings, making personal questions and answers visible to anyone, which most users were unprepared for. The root of the problem was the app'
The Climate Change Information Centre, developed by Meta, a tool for information about climate change, suffers from serious methodological problems that cause it to communicate misleading data to users potentially. Based on a Financial Times report from July 12, 2025, researchers from three universities have uncovered significant deficiencies in Meta&
The battle for AI talent has intensified between Meta and OpenAI, with the scarce resource driving offers into the billions. Meta poached 8 OpenAI researchers in just two weeks in June 2025, while OpenAI responds with its own talent development program that recruits 30 residents annually at $210,000 yearly
Meta signed a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to secure nuclear power for meeting rising energy needs from AI infrastructure, announced on June 3rd. The deal will expand Clinton Clean Energy Center's output by 30 megawatts, preserve 1,100 local jobs and generate $13.5 million in annual
Meta Platforms is in talks to make an investment that could exceed $10 billion in Scale AI, an artificial intelligence startup currently valued at $13.8 billion. Bloomberg News reported on the not-yet-finalised deal on June 8, 2025, which would mark Meta's largest external AI investment to date.
