News & Insights Across Asia
Beijing blocks Meta’s $2B acquisition of Manus AI, sending a strong signal on regulating the overseas transfer of strategic technology assets and balancing openness with security.
Meta implements employee behavior tracking for AI training amid workforce restructuring and rising concerns about workplace surveillance ethics in tech sector.
Meta unveils Muse Spark, its latest AI model following a major team restructuring, promising faster performance and advanced reasoning capabilities. Currently available only in the US.
WhatsApp uncovers spyware campaign by Italian surveillance firm ASIGINT targeting 200 users through counterfeit app installations, marking Meta’s second such disclosure in Italy since 2025.
AMD’s $60B AI chip supply deal with Meta highlights growing competition in the semiconductor sector as tech giants race to secure hardware for AI infrastructure.
Meta announces 600 job cuts in its AI division to streamline operations, focusing on efficiency while protecting key projects like TBD Lab.
Apple shifts focus from Vision Pro to AI-driven smart glasses, aiming to rival Meta’s latest innovations. Explore the tech giant’s strategic pivot and market implications.
Meta launches Ray-Ban smart glasses with built-in display and gesture control, available globally starting September 30.
Meta launches Llama 4 Scout & Maverick, its most advanced open-source AI models with multimodal capabilities, poised to reshape global tech development.
Meta has announced significant layoffs potentially impacting thousands, despite reporting healthy profits, amid a challenging financial and political climate.
Meta is reintroducing facial recognition technology to combat the rise of celebrity scam ads on Facebook, aiming to protect public figures and users while addressing privacy concerns.
Meta has unveiled its ‘Self-Taught Evaluator,’ an AI model capable of evaluating other AI models, potentially reducing human involvement in AI development and advancing autonomous AI agents.
Meta releases new AI models, including a Self-Taught Evaluator that uses AI to evaluate AI, reducing human involvement and paving the way for autonomous AI agents capable of self-improvement.
Meta partners with Blumhouse to test its new AI video tool, ‘Movie Gen’. The collaboration refines the program before its release next year, promising to revolutionize filmmaking.
Germany ends antitrust case against Meta after the company grants users greater control over data usage, marking significant changes in Meta’s data practices.
Meta unveils Movie Gen, a new AI model capable of generating realistic video and audio clips from text prompts, rivaling leading media generation tools and marking a significant step in AI-driven content creation.
Meta unveils Movie Gen, a groundbreaking AI model that generates realistic videos with synchronized sound, rivaling offerings from leading startups.
At its annual product launch, Meta introduces AI chatbots voiced by celebrities like Judi Dench and unveils AR glasses, aiming to reshape user interaction with technology.
OpenAI and Meta report significant user growth in AI services, intensifying the global competition in generative artificial intelligence.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg regrets yielding to Biden administration pressure to censor COVID-19 content, revealing new insights into government influence over social media platforms.
