Mark was suggesting that the social network should be spun off
Facebook Co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against Meta on Tuesday. Zuckerberg said that Meta’s market share of social media is around 30%. The FTC has alleged that Meta had illegally monopolized a subset of the social media market through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, both of which the agency is seeking to unwind.
What do researchers think about Facebook dropping fact-checking?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, while discussing Facebook’s decision to end its third-party fact-checking program, said, “We’re doing this right after the election because people think the timing is good for it.” He added, “When one party…is spreading most of the misinformation, it’s going to look like fact-checks are biased because they’re getting called out way more.”
What a second Trump presidency means for tech
After US President-elect Donald Trump took to social media to congratulate him for winning the election, Google’s Sundar Pichai wrote on Twitter, “Thank you for the confidence in me and in the future of Google.” Amazon’s Andy Jassy said, “I’m looking forward to working with him as the FTC chair.” Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg tweeted, “Excited to be working with Trump for a second term.”
Llama 3 beats many other models, according to Meta
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that Meta AI will be able to open source its 400-billion-parameter version of its artificial intelligence chatbot ‘Llama 3’ since it’s still being trained. “I think we’ll be able to open source it,” he added. “I don’t think that today many people really think about Meta AI when they think about the main AI assistants,” Zuckerberg further said.
The founder of Facebook said that the Quest3 is the better product after trying the Vision Pro
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said Apple’s latest Quest 3 headset is “the better product”. “I don’t just think that Quest is the better value, I think Quest is the better product, period,” he added. “I also can’t see how creating a slide in the Vision Pro would be less energy than doing so with mouse and keyboard,” a user tweeted.
X is accused by the EU of being a host for Israel-Hamas misinformation
Thierry Breton, who sued SpaceX for non-compliance with EU’s Digital Services Act, has asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for a detailed plan to limit the spread of misinformation. Breton had warned X that non-compliance with DSA could result in an investigation and possible fines. Musk has now written to Breton asking him to list specific violations on the platform publicly.
I think we are all talking to each other now
Facebook Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has said Meta’s voice-controlled smart glasses are better than the “Pro” helmet the company abandoned because it has a really good augmented reality experience. He added that the Meta Quest 3 is better than the “Pro” headset because it has a really good AI experience. Zuckerberg further said that the company is rolling its new products out more slowly than usual.
Mark can’t leave the metaverse
Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg said at Meta Connect 2023 that virtual and physical worlds will merge to create the “metaverse”, which will have a physical world for people and a digital one for friends. “Pretty soon, I think we’re going to be there physically with some of your friends, and others will be there digitally as avatars or holograms,” he added.
There is a place that you can place an order for Meta’s upcoming headset
Meta, the startup co-founded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has unveiled its third virtual reality headset, Quest 3. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the headset will have graphics performance double compared to Quest 2 and will be much better than the Quest Pro, which only runs a last-gen chip. It’ll be available in two variants, XR2 Gen 2 ($200) and XR2 Gen 2 ($250).