Shares of Meta Platforms (META 0.84%) soared last year as the "Magnificent Seven" stock cracked the trillion-dollar mark once again.Like other tech stocks, Meta Platforms jumped on the broader AI boom as it experienced a resurgence in advertising revenue and moved past its earlier metaverse misstep.According to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, the stock jumped 65% last month. As you can see from the chart below, the stock jumped early in the year on a strong earnings report, and though it swung up ...

The social media giant got a triple dose of news.Despite the market's dour mood on Friday, shares of Meta Platforms (META 0.84%) rallied, gaining as much as 3.1%. As of 3:03 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 1.9%.It was not one catalyst that sent the social media and artificial intelligence (AI) giant higher, but rather a flurry of developments, each from a different quarter.When it rains, it poursThe first major development was in the Supreme Court case brought by TikTok. Congress recently passed a law, sche ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Meta debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses, devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Zuckerberg's goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published on Friday that his company was pressured by the Biden administration to remove content on side effects of Covid vaccines. ...

Mark Zuckerberg craves one metric more than any other: engagement, the statistic that tracks how long social media users spend scrolling, clicking, commenting, and viewing ads. More engagement, more profit. The Meta CEO will do almost anything to keep users online for an extra two minutes – even, it seems, surrender his websites to a flood of fake news.On Tuesday, Zuckerberg announced that his company plans to fire its US factcheckers and weaken its ability to moderate disinformation on Facebook, Instagram, ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made his surprise announcement this week to slash content moderation policies in the United States. There will be "real-world harm" if Meta expands its decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram, a global network warned Thursday while disputing Mark Zuckerberg's claim such mode ...

Meta Platforms (META) closed the most recent trading day at $610.72, moving -1.16% from the previous trading session. The stock trailed the S&P 500, which registered a daily gain of 0.16%. Elsewhere, the Dow saw an upswing of 0.25%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq depreciated by 0.06%.The social media company's shares have seen a decrease of 3.47% over the last month, not keeping up with the Computer and Technology sector's loss of 0.39% and the S&P 500's loss of 2.7%.Investors will be eagerly watching for the ...

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Meta has said it will end fact-checking operations on its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Australia is deeply concerned by Meta's decision to scrap US fact-check operations on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, a senior minister said Thursday. The government—which has been at the forefront of efforts to rein in social med ...

分组1: 人工智能通用智能（AGI）的现状与挑战 - Meta首席AI科学家Yann LeCun批评当前对AGI的定义，认为仅通过扩展文本大模型（LLMs）无法实现AGI [1] - LeCun认为现有的自回归LLMs无法达到人类智能水平，因为人类大脑不仅处理文本，还处理多种模态信息 [2] - AI系统目前主要是“狭义AI”，擅长特定任务，但在任务稍有偏离时表现不佳 [2] 分组2: AI系统的局限性 - AI系统在认知任务上表现出色，但在物理任务（如管道维修）上表现不足，因为物理任务需要深入理解物理世界和物体操作 [4] - 即使能够制造机器人，也无法使其具备足够的智能，目前AI系统甚至无法达到猫狗等动物对物理世界的理解水平 [5] 分组3: 大模型扩展的瓶颈 - 大模型通过扩展数据量提升性能，但目前扩展法则已接近收益递减点，扩展效果趋于饱和 [5] - 尽管扩展可以继续提升大模型性能，但成本非常高，OpenAI的ChatGPT Pro每月收费200美元，但仍未实现盈利 [6] 分组4: 生成式世界模型与机器人技术的进展 - 生成式世界模型的兴起为AI驱动的机器人技术带来进展，虚拟世界训练机器人成本更低、风险更小 [6] - Nvidia推出Cosmos平台，通过文本、图像或视频提示生成大量合成数据，用于训练物理AI系统（如机器人和自动驾驶汽车） [7] - Google DeepMind正在组建新团队开发生成式世界模型，Fei Fei Li的World Labs获得2.3亿美元融资，支持者包括多位科技界领袖 [8] 分组5: AI助手的未来 - AI助手将逐渐普及，但主要是针对特定任务训练的机器人，而非能够从头开始执行活动的真正智能助手 [9]

公司决策与影响 - Meta决定停止在美国的Facebook和Instagram平台上进行事实核查，这一决定已经导致多家事实核查机构面临资金削减和裁员的风险 [1][3] - Meta自2016年以来已向国际事实核查网络（IFCN）认证的外部组织提供了超过1亿美元的资金，用于在其社交网络上进行事实核查 [2] - Meta的合作伙伴包括USA Today、Reuters以及FactCheckorg等10家美国媒体机构 [2] 合作伙伴的反应 - Lead Stories确认由于Meta合同的终止，其收入将下降并导致裁员，该公司全球约有80名员工 [3] - Check Your Fact表示对Meta的决定感到震惊，并认为其运营将受到严重影响甚至停滞 [4] - PolitiFact表示Meta的资助占其去年总收入的5%以上，财务影响不可避免 [5] - 法新社（AFP）表示这一决定对事实核查社区和新闻业是一个重大打击，目前正在评估情况 [6] Meta的历史投入与现状对比 - Meta曾在2022年的一篇博客文章中自豪地宣称其建立了全球最大的事实核查网络，并自2016年以来为支持事实核查工作投入了超过1亿美元 [7] - 这些投入包括在新冠疫情初期为健康信息核查提供的100万美元紧急拨款，以及为应对气候危机谎言和黑人事实核查者提供的资助 [7] 合作伙伴的反驳与未来展望 - Meta的合作伙伴反驳了CEO马克·扎克伯格关于事实核查存在偏见的说法，强调如果他们在工作中插入政治信仰，早就被排除在项目之外 [8] - Lead Stories表示其大部分业务与Meta无关，将继续运营 [11] - PolitiFact表示将继续在Facebook内外进行事实核查，为公众提供高质量信息 [11]

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) announced today that the company's fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results will be released after market close on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.  Meta will host a conference call to discuss its results at 2:00 p.m. PT / 5:00 p.m. ET the same day. The live webcast of the call can be accessed at the Meta Investor Relations website at investor.fb.com, along with the company's earnings press release, financial tables, ...