Morning Overview on MSN

Meta is building a photorealistic AI avatar of Mark Zuckerberg for staff

Somewhere inside Meta, engineers are building a digital Mark Zuckerberg. Not a cartoon mascot or a chatbot with his name on ...
Observer

Mark Zuckerberg Joins Growing Ranks of CEOs Creating A.I. Avatars of Themselves

As Meta invests billions in A.I., it’s building a lifelike digital version of CEO Mark Zuckerberg to interact directly with ...
Futurism

Meta Secretly Building a Photorealistic AI Clone of Mark Zuckerberg so No Employee Can Ever Escape His Watchful Eye

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is using AI to develop a "photorealistic, AI-powered 3D" version of himself that can interact with ...
Decrypt

Forget the Dead-Eyed Cartoon—Meta Is Building a Photorealistic AI Clone of Zuckerberg

Three years after his Horizon Worlds avatar became a global meme, Zuckerberg is back at the avatar game, this time with a ...
Fox Business

Meta slashes roughly 700 jobs; layoffs hit multiple teams across the company

Meta is cutting roughly 700 jobs on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to FOX Business. The layoffs are expected to affect several key areas, including Reality Labs, Facebook, ...
The Hill

Meta, YouTube found liable in landmark social media trial

A California jury on Wednesday found social media giants Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction trial, determining the companies were negligent in their design or operation of ...
NBC News

Meta begins laying off hundreds of employees across five divisions

Meta began laying off hundreds of employees Wednesday, affecting its Reality Labs virtual reality division and at least four other divisions, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. Subscribe ...
Business Insider

Meta is laying off hundreds of employees across Reality Labs and other groups

Meta began laying off hundreds of employees on Wednesday. The company has made several rounds of layoffs in recent years as it has sought to become more efficient. At the same time, Meta has continued ...
Ars Technica

Meta, YouTube must pay $3M to woman who got hooked on apps as a child

On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay $3 million in damages to a young woman who successfully argued that the companies’ social media apps were designed to addict children.
KOAT Albuquerque

Verdict reached in New Mexico Meta trial

The jury has reached a verdict in the New Mexico and Meta civil lawsuit trial.Jurors sided with New Mexico on all questions, finding Meta liable for tens of thousands of violations.The initial reading ...
The Hill

Meta found liable in New Mexico child safety trial

Meta was found liable by a jury in New Mexico on Tuesday for compromising children’s safety online. The parent company for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been ordered to pay $375 million in ...
CBS News

New Mexico jury finds Meta violated consumer protection law over child exploitation claims

A New Mexico jury found Tuesday that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children's mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law. The landmark decision comes after a nearly ...