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On Friday, The Information reported that Meta was preparing to tear down its existing AI org and reorganize it into four new groups. Four days later, the change has been made official with an internal memo, as reported by Bloomberg and The New York Times. The changes were announced by Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, who joined Meta as chief AI officer in June. Meta’s new organization for AI will be called the Meta Superintelligence Labs, or MSL. The centerpiece is a new group called TBD Labs, which will be run by Wang. The group will focus on foundation models…
A US stake in Intel doesn’t mean that President Donald Trump would put his finger on the scale for the beleaguered chipmaker.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that while the White House wants to increase US-based production of semiconductors, it would not pressure companies to do business with Intel.”Yeah, the last thing we’re going to do is put pressure, is to take a stake and then try to drum up business,” Bessent said during an interview on CNBC.Bessent’s comments come amid reports that the White House is discussing a deal that would give the US a 10% equity stake…
Meta is rolling out an AI-powered voice translation feature to all users on Facebook and Instagram globally, the company announced on Tuesday. The new feature, which is available in any market where Meta AI is available, allows creators to translate content into other languages so it can be viewed by a broader audience. The feature was first announced at Meta’s Connect developer conference last year, where the company said it would pilot test automatic translations of creators’ voices in reels across both Facebook and Instagram. Meta notes that the AI translations will use the sound and tone of the creator’s…
2025-08-19T17:15:36Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. The US backed Apple against a UK order to allow the government access to encrypted user data. The US government said Monday that the UK agreed to drop its demand. The win added to Apple’s August hot streak that includes positive talks with Trump and strong iPhone sales. Apple…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 lands in San Francisco from October 27-29, and the Expo Hall is already packed with early adopters, startup scouts, and enterprise buyers looking to discover what’s next. If you’re not there to show off your product, your competitors will be — and they’ll be closing deals that could’ve been yours. There’s still time to book your exhibit table, but space is disappearing fast. The brands that move now will be the ones getting the face time, the leads, and the traction that matters most. This isn’t an opportunity to sit on. Time is ticking, tables are booking,…
Ariana DeBose’s mother Gina Michelle DeBose died Sunday morning “due to complications with stage 3 ovarian cancer,” the actress and singer said this week.The “West Side Story” and “Love Hurts” star took to Instagram on Tuesday, posting a carousel of photos and a touching tribute to her “gorgeous, hilarious, outspoken, warrior queen Mother.””I couldn’t be more proud of her and how she fought this insidious disease over the past 3 years. She was 57 years young,” DeBose wrote in the caption.”She was my favorite person, my biggest fan and toughest critic. My best friend. She was my date to every…
ATLANTA (AP) — Rory McIlroy didn’t leave Augusta National as the Masters champion without one last purchase from the gift shop.He said there were 1,100 pin flags remaining in the Masters Shop.“And we took all 1,100,” McIlroy said Tuesday ahead of the Tour Championship, the end of a PGA Tour season that has been his most memorable to date all because of one Sunday in April.“It’s been a lot,” he said of the flags he has signed. “But I’ll never get sick of signing them. I’ve waited 17 years to sign that flag in the middle, and I will never…
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The injury-riddled Indiana Fever suffered another blow Tuesday when they announced guard Sophie Cunningham would miss the rest of this season with a knee injury.She was hurt during Sunday’s victory at Connecticut.Team officials did not provide details about the injury, the third season-ending one Indiana has experienced in August.Guard Sydney Colson tore the ACL in her left knee on Aug. 7 in a game at Phoenix. Guard Aari McDonald broke a bone in her right foot in the same game.And two-time All-Star guard Caitlin Clark still has not played since injuring her right groin in mid-July. Coach…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — There’s so much speculation about Texas quarterback Arch Manning’s future, in the media and even within his own family, that it can be hard for him to keep up.On Tuesday, Manning insisted he’s not plotting out how long he’ll stay at Texas or when he’ll enter the NFL draft, despite his grandfather’s recent prediction to Texas Monthly magazine that he’ll be with the Longhorns through the 2026 season.“I don’t know where he got that from,” Arch Manning said in his first meeting with reporters since SEC media days in mid-July. “He texted me to apologize about…
The American Academy of Pediatrics is sharing new vaccine recommendations that, for the first time in 30 years, differ from U.S. government advice.In the guidance published Tuesday, the AAP is “strongly recommending” COVID-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 2 years old. For older children, shots are also advised but up to parents’ discretion, the AAP said.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advice is different. Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC doesn’t recommend COVID-19 shots for healthy children of any age, but instead, the administration says kids may get the shots in consultation with physicians.In a…