Sam Altman claims that Meta offers $100 million signing bonuses to OpenAI researchers / The Decoder
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 8:20 am permalink
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has lashed out at Meta for allegedly dangling $100 million bonuses to poach leading AI experts, in a bold and eyebrow-raising move amid the fierce battle for artificial intelligence aces. The claims underscore the high stakes of today's talent wars in tech.
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Sam Altman Says Meta Offered OpenAI Staffers $100 Million Bonuses - Bloomberg.com / Bloomberg
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 8:20 pm permalink
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reports that Meta made a bold move by offering a $100 million bonus package to lure its staff, an aggressive recruitment tactic in the fiercely competitive AI race. Despite the hefty offer, Meta’s effort ultimately fell short of its goal.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 3:21 pm permalink
Meta is overhauling its video strategy by merging all user uploads into the Reels format. This bold, sweeping change is designed to simplify content creation, streamline user engagement, and signal a new era in the company’s ongoing battle for digital attention.
Bluesky: @techcrunch.com
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Threads Launches Fediverse Feed, Sparking Strategic Debate / WinBuzzer
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 1:21 pm permalink
Meta’s Threads has expanded its social platform capabilities by launching a dedicated fediverse feed along with enhanced user search functions. The update aims to bridge centralized and decentralized social experiences, providing users with broader, open social web content within the Threads app.
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AI Smart Glasses: Meta and Oakley Target Athletes with New AI Wearables / WinBuzzer
Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 10:21 am permalink
Meta and Oakley are teasing a new line of AI-powered smart glasses aimed at athletes, with hints that cyclists may get special attention. The upcoming reveal on June 20 underscores their strategic stride into wearable tech integrating performance-enhancing AI.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 7:20 am permalink
WhatsApp is introducing ads in its updates section, marking a notable shift toward ad-based monetization while ensuring that personal chats remain untouched by the new advertising efforts. The move has sparked a mix of curiosity and skepticism across the industry.
Bluesky: @macrumors.bsky.social
permalink / 3 stories from sources in 27 hrs #meta #business #apps #privacy
Monday, June 16, 2025, 3:21 pm permalink
Instagram’s automated moderation system has sparked widespread outrage after mistakenly banning numerous personal and business accounts. Users decry the lack of human oversight and the flawed technology behind these abrupt removals, intensifying scrutiny of the platform’s reliance on unproven AI algorithms.
Bluesky: @Sarahp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, @techcrunch.com
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Monday, June 16, 2025, 2:21 pm permalink
Meta’s Threads platform is currently trialing a tool that lets users obscure spoiler-laden text and images. Announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the experimental feature aims to give users greater control over content visibility, preserving surprises in conversations while polishing the overall user experience.
Bluesky: @techcrunch.com, @jos1264.social.skynetcloud.site.ap.brid.gy, @theverge.com
permalink / 5 stories from sources in 44 hrs #meta #social #apps #ux
Monday, June 16, 2025, 9:21 am permalink
Meta is set to change the familiar WhatsApp experience by integrating advertisements into the app’s Status screen. This marks a major shift for the messaging platform, which has long kept its interface ad-free, and is expected to impact user engagement as it shifts further toward monetization.
Bluesky: @mergesort.me, @arstechnica.com
permalink / 9 stories from sources in 2 days #digitalmarketing #meta #apps
Friday, June 13, 2025, 6:21 pm permalink
Meta’s surprising $14.3B deal for Scale has unveiled an unexpected twist—with investor Accel now poised to reap a $2.5 billion windfall. This unusual arrangement has stirred some eyebrows in tech circles as industry watchers dissect how the deal structure ended up benefiting backers so generously.
Bluesky: @techcrunch.com
permalink / 3 stories from sources in 4 days #vc #meta #stockmarket #acquisitions