July 2021, Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants employees to know that the company is in the middle of an artificial intelligence race.
During a meeting with employees at the Hacker Square Pavilion at Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters on Thursday, Zuckerberg discussed Meta’s AI efforts, a spokesperson confirmed. It was the first event to be held in the area before the coronavirus pandemic.
Zuckerberg opened the rally by referring to Meta’s recent layoffs, but mainly in the burgeoning field of generative AI, which uses written prompts to create dialogue and compelling visuals. focused on the project of
“Last year, we saw some really incredible breakthroughs in generative AI, qualitative breakthroughs that allowed us to adopt that technology, move it forward, and do everything We have had the opportunity to incorporate it into our products,” Zuckerberg said in a statement shared with CNBC. “We intend to play a significant and unique role in the industry in bringing these capabilities to billions of people in new ways that others have not.”
Axios was the first to report on an AI project being driven by the conference and Meta.
Meta has long touted its investments in AI, but the company hasn’t been at the center of the conversation when it comes to the latest consumer applications from Microsoft-backed OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft itself. .
At Thursday’s conference, Zuckerberg and other Meta executives announced the company’s efforts to incorporate generative AI models into the Metaverse, the nascent virtual world it’s pouring billions of dollars into making into a reality each quarter. I explained some of them in detail. In particular, he talked about how AI helps him create his 3D visuals for the Metaverse.
Meta said it gives employees access to several in-house generated AI tools to help develop prototypes, and hosts hackathons for employees to showcase their AI projects.
The company will also debut a service for Instagram users that will allow them to modify photos via text prompts and share them through the app’s Stories feature.
Additionally, Meta plans to incorporate features into its Messenger and WhatsApp services that will eventually allow users to utilize more sophisticated AI-powered chatbots as a form of entertainment.
Meta executives told employees that the company remains committed to making its AI research available to the open source community. However, they claimed that the company’s LLaMA language model was publicly leaked and “spam, fraud, malware, privacy violations, harassment, and other misconduct or harm.”
Mehta told employees last week that starting in September, they’ll have to work three days a week in the company’s office. Amazon and Google have also changed their previous work-from-home policies in recent months.
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