Meta’s 8,000 layoffs: lawsuit alleges AI, not managers, picked employees for termination
26 employees claim Meta used internal AI systems like “Metamate” and activity monitoring to build termination lists.

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26 employees claim Meta used internal AI systems like “Metamate” and activity monitoring to build termination lists.
iPhone owners get early access to Apple’s AI-powered Siri and other new features before iOS 27 launches this fall.
Cereblab says Grok Build CLI packaged entire repos, including secrets, before SpaceXAI disabled codebase uploads.
The European Commission’s delegated act removes a key barrier for Meta’s latest smart glasses, with broader ripple effects for hardware.
After March 31, 2025, in-orbit images cleared a diagnostic bar, while also hinting at rural Earth health upside.
DeepMind's CEO proposes independent testing and best practices to shape how frontier models get released.
A compression startup says it can shrink Alibaba’s Qwen model up to 15 times, making on-device AI feel practical.
Service problems today are disrupting access for Plex users, with only limited LAN playback working reliably for a subset.
A reported funding push and future listing plan could reshape how AI startups time capital, control, and market access.
The 2001 launch of Google Image Search gets a modern redesign that uses “unique interests” to refresh results automatically.
EA brings Madden NFL 27 to Apple Arcade on August 7, changing how mobile subscribers get premium sports gaming.
The Hugging Face CEO says cost, access, and ownership are pushing enterprises toward open models. So what happens to frontier models?