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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged the US to reduce policy barriers around open-weight AI as the company unveiled a new model designed to run agentic tasks on personal computers

After two days of intensive questioning of Meta, the government on Friday shifted to technical discussions with the social media giant, during which the company detailed how it plans to address the Centre's concerns over deepfakes, child sexual abuse material and unlabelled synthetically-generated content on its platforms, sources said. Sources told PTI that the government has asked Meta to take specific measures and report back on the outcomes. Officials will regularly follow up with the company on its progress, sources asserted. One of the key issues discussed was the reappearance, continued circulation and virality of AI-generated harmful content, even after it has been flagged. The government also questioned Meta on why AI-generated videos without labels continue to remain visible on its platforms despite the IT rules requiring synthetic content to be identified and labelled, sources said. The government asked Meta to have greater human oversight in content moderation, with ...

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a beta version of the software engineering assistant, intensifying competition with OpenAI and Anthropic in AI coding tools

Meta was in the crosshairs of the government after temporarily restricting the PM's July 23 Facebook post, in which he addressed Indian youth and promised stringent action against paper leaks

Meta briefly blocked access to PM Narendra Modi's July 23 video before restoring it; the address to GenZ came amid protests over the alleged Neet-UG 2026 paper leak

A Parliamentary standing committee on Wednesday demanded an apology from Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech being removed from Facebook. In a letter to the secretary, Ministry of Electronics and IT, a director of the Lok Sabha secretariat said protection and immunity for Zuckerberg may be withdrawn if there is no apology in three days. "The removal of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's video addressing students and Gen Z regarding examination controversies and strict actions against paper leaks from Facebook for 5-6 hours viewed very seriously by the Committee," said the letter signed by A Jyothirmayi. The panel has also sought government of India action against Google India head over investors losing more than Rs 48 lakh through fraud apps. "The Committee while discussing Hyderabad Cyber Police Action against the Google India Head as a co-accused along with the Cyber fraudsters after the complainants alleged that they lost more than Rs.48 lakhs

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said blocking advanced Chinese AI models in the US would not be an effective response to growing competition from China

The Trump administration ‌on Tuesday unveiled bans ​that target imports of ‌new Chinese robots and power inverters, seeking to protect ‌the US AI buildout from national security threats

Zuckerberg added that a company reorganization ‌that included major job cuts was not as "clean" as it could ​have been and that executives had miscalculated on the ​timing of the changes

Meta is developing a prediction-market app modelled on Polymarket and Kalshi as Zuckerberg seeks new avenues for growth beyond Facebook and Instagram

As Kalshi restricts Indian users and Meta develops Arena, here is a look at how prediction market platforms work and how they differ from betting apps

The global tech firm announced this week that it will own 20% of Bengaluru-based Cred, which rewards people who pay their credit-card bills on time

Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox reached out to Shah directly in the spring, seeking advice on picking the future leader of WhatsApp

Zuckerberg is pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into AI as he seeks to reshape his company's inner workings around technology, reflecting a broader pattern ‌among major US companies this year

This latest round of cuts is expected to hit Meta's engineering and product teams in particular and additional layoffs could come later in the year

Meta is laying off nearly 8,000 employees globally while pouring up to $145 billion into AI infrastructure. From hiring freezes to AI-focused teams, the company’s latest move shows

"The transaction complied fully with applicable law. We anticipate an appropriate resolution to the inquiry," Meta said in response

Meta told personnel in an internal memo on Thursday that it planned to cut 10 per cent of workers, or roughly 8,000 employees, starting on May 20

Peter Hoeschele, who played a critical role in OpenAI's Stargate initiative, is one of the new hires

Trump has made securing US leadership in artificial intelligence a priority of his second term, framing the technology as a defining arena of strategic competition with China