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More than half of all ads on Meta's Instagram ran in the service's short-form video Reels product in 2025, up from 35% in 2024, according to data from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. In the U.S., Reels accounted for 46% of time spent on the Instagram app in 2025, up from 37% in 2024, according to the data that Sensor Towered showed CNBC.

"If you are using the same suppliers, such as web hosting companies, as the majority of illegal websites, then you are helping to build the illegal market," he said. "And, if you are marketing your products through platforms, including social media, that also promote illegal online casinos, then you are helping to build the illegal market."

Indeed, Meta says that various legal cases in this area have " selectively cited Meta's internal documents to construct a misleading narrative," which suggests that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have harmed teens, and that Meta has prioritized growth over their well-being.

Oakley Meta HSTN smart glasses finally reached Indian shores late last year. Unlike the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, the Oakley Meta HSTN (referred to as how-stuhn) caters to a niche category of performance-focused users, such as athletes, sports enthusiasts, and techies who love to mix style and substance with the power of AI. Priced at Rs. 41,800, the Oakley Meta HSTN smart glasses aren't for everyone, but they bring the magic, turning your boring eyewear into AI-enabled gear.

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The UFC's own private venue in Las Vegas was originally designed to house The Ultimate Fighter, Dana White's Contender Series, and perhaps host some regional MMA shows. However, during the coronavirus pandemic, it became a godsend, allowing the promotion to continue hosting events in the face of a global shutdown, capturing the sports market at a time when all other leagues were on a pause.

SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Japanese regulators last year were upset by a flood of ads for obvious scams on Facebook and Instagram. The scams ranged from fraudulent investment schemes to fake celebrity product endorsements created by artificial intelligence. Meta, owner of the two social media platforms, feared Japan would soon force it to verify the identity of all its advertisers, internal documents reviewed by Reuters show. The step would likely reduce fraud but also cost the company revenue.

The deal is sure to turn heads too. Manus and its parent company Butterfly Effect are now based in Singapore but were founded in China - a country with a fraught relationship to the U.S tech industry - and maintain operations there. Facebook's parent company will reportedly pay more than $2 billion to acquire the startup, which it hopes will bolster its own lagging AI capabilities.

Marketing products on Facebook is about to become more expensive for influencers, content creators, and companies. The social platform's parent company, Meta, informed members with business accounts that they'll have to start paying if they want to send more than two links per month to customers and followers through the site.

This summer, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg moved heaven and earth to recharge his company's lagging AI division, spending billions of dollars to poach top talent across the industry. But it sounds like he's already falling out with the man he hired to spearhead Meta's renewed AI efforts, Alexandr Wang. According to new reporting from the Financial Times, things are tense between the duo.

Internal documents show executives prioritized minimizing "revenue impact" over fully cracking down on scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned ads. Although Meta platforms are blocked inside China, Chinese companies are allowed to advertise to users abroad, according to Reuters. That business grew rapidly, reaching more than $18 billion in revenue in 2024-about 11% of Meta's global sales. Internal estimates showed roughly 19% of that revenue, more than $3 billion, came from prohibited or fraudulent ads.

Concord, NH - Attorney General John M. Formella and a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general are calling on Meta to better enforce its own policies about pharmaceutical and wellness ads on Instagram and Facebook and take additional measures to prevent AI-generated weight loss content in ads. These ads are likely to see an uptick during the holiday season and the new year, when conversations around weight loss and appearance tend to increase.

Meta announced on Tuesday an update to its AI glasses that will allow you to better hear people talking when you're in a noisy environment. The feature will initially become available on Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta HSTN smartglasses in the U.S. and Canada, the company says. In addition, the glasses are getting another update that lets you use Spotify to play a song that matches what's in your current view.

Internet users have been buzzing ever since learning that the messages they choose to exchange with Meta's AI chatbot will be analyzed and used to personalize advertisements and recommendations across its apps and services. The topic and viral social media posts from tech influencers caused some users to enter a panic, worried that this is one example of AI being taken too far and potentially invading privacy.

It may sound like a trip through the produce aisle, but leading AI companies have something much more important on their lists. Meta, OpenAI, and Google have all relied on food-related names for their sometimes secretive plans for future AI models. Thinking with your stomach is nothing new for Silicon Valley, just look at the assortment of desserts Android assembled over the years before Google had its fill.

[Meta was] never interested in a truly open source model approach, just an open weights model approach. To really commit to open source, [it] would have to be willing to share its training data and give up control over model governance.

Brian Jackson, principal research director at Info-Tech Research Group, said, "[Meta was] never interested in a truly open source model approach, just an open weights model approach. To really commit to open source, [it] would have to be willing to share its training data and give up control over model governance." Weights, he said, "are just the different knobs along the neural pathways that can be tweaked when training a model.