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Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is a technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, Calif. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta is one of the world’s most valuable companies and is among the 10 largest publicly traded corporations in the U.S. It is considered one of the Big Five, alongside Google parent company Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft.
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Meta Plans to Launch ‘Hatch’ AI Agent Platform in Coming Weeks

By Jyoti Mann · Aug 24, 2026 3:40pm PDT
Meta Platforms plans to launch its consumer version of the OpenClaw AI agent, dubbed Hatch internally, as soon as the next several weeks and is targeting October for its latest AI model, called Watermelon, according to internal documents reviewed by The Information. Hatch is part of Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitions to monetize... Meta Platforms plans to launch its consumer version of the OpenClaw AI agent, dubbed Hatch...
Erin Popolo, who lost her 17-year-old daughter to suicide, speaks to the press outside the federal courthouse in Oakland, Calif. on Aug. 18 as opening arguments began in the Meta trial. Godofredo A. Vasquez/AFP/Getty Images.
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What’s at Stake for Meta in Youth Addiction Trial

By Martin Peers · Aug 18, 2026 5:01pm PDT
You might be shocked to learn there is a world outside AI! And we got a glimpse of it in an Oakland, Calif., courtroom today, at the opening of the trial in a lawsuit brought by California and several other states against Meta Platforms over the alleged harms its social media apps have done to kids. This case, part of a deluge of such lawsuits... You might be shocked to learn there is a world outside AI! And we got a glimpse of it in an...
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Jeff Chiu/AP.
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A Meta AI Model Hacked Another Company During Cybersecurity Testing

By Jyoti Mann · Aug 5, 2026 3:18pm PDT · 3 comments
A Meta Platforms artificial intelligence model accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing and hacked into another company, according to people familiar with the matter, in the latest in a string of such incidents at major AI firms. Meta’s Muse Spark 1.1 model breached the systems of a company and made changes to its internal systems,... A Meta Platforms artificial intelligence model accessed the internet during cybersecurity testing...
Left: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Center: Demonstrators outside of Meta’s trial. Right: Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri and team leaving the courthouse. Photos: Getty Images. Art: Shane Burke.

Meta’s Settlement Ends One Big Battle But the Wider Legal War Looms

By Jyoti Mann and Aaron Holmes · Aug 26, 2026 3:40pm PDT
Meta Platforms has fought one of its biggest court battles to an expensive draw. But lawyers scrutinizing Wednesday’s $18 billion settlement agreement with states said it won’t likely help the social media giant in its wider legal war over claims that its products harm underage users. The landmark agreement, pending approval by a judge, would... Meta Platforms has fought one of its biggest court battles to an expensive draw. But lawyers...
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Hands Up, This Is a (Virtual) Robbery!

By Lauren Tara LaCapra · May 6, 2023 7:00am PDT · 2 comments
Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential stick-up through guidebooks and online videos. Today, tellers are immersed in a 3D virtual reality environment, in which a gunman aims a weapon at them or furtively hands them a threatening note demanding money. The bank measures tellers’ reactions... Until late last year, Bank of America branch staffers would learn how to handle a potential...