Meta to Cut 10% of Reality Labs Workforce
Meta plans to lay off roughly 10% of its Reality Labs team, reflecting a shift in focus from metaverse projects to artificial intelligence. The move coincides with broader AI infrastructure investments.
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Meta plans to lay off roughly 10% of its Reality Labs team, reflecting a shift in focus from metaverse projects to artificial intelligence. The move coincides with broader AI infrastructure investments.
OpenAI is expected to air a 60-second commercial during NBC’s Super Bowl LX broadcast, marking another high-profile push into mainstream advertising. AI companies have significantly increased TV and digital marketing spending in 2025.
NVIDIA and Eli Lilly are creating a $1 billion AI co-innovation lab to accelerate drug discovery. The lab will integrate AI, biomedical data, and robotics to transform medicine development.
Meta named Dina Powell McCormick as its president and vice chairman. She will join the management team to guide strategy and operations, bringing experience in finance and government.
French defense technology startup Harmattan AI raised a $200 million Series B led by Dassault Aviation, lifting its valuation to $1.4 billion. The funding deepens a partnership focused on embedded AI for military aircraft and drones.
PlusAI will begin Southern Europe’s first heavy-duty autonomous truck testing program with Iveco in Spain. The project supports the company’s expansion in Europe ahead of a planned Nasdaq listing.
Indonesia and Malaysia have imposed temporary bans on xAI’s Grok chatbot following a flood of sexualized, AI-generated imagery on X, intensifying global regulatory pressure on generative AI platforms.
Walmart and Google are launching a new shopping experience inside Gemini, combining Google’s AI with Walmart and Sam’s Club’s vast assortment, fast delivery, and personalized commerce powered by the Universal Commerce Protocol.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is set to release its next-generation V4 model in mid-February, featuring enhanced coding capabilities and support for long-form programming tasks.
China-based AI startup MiniMax raised $620 million in its Hong Kong IPO, with shares doubling on the first day. The company develops large language models and AI applications for global users.