logo
Meta Platforms says developing superintelligence is now in sight

Meta Platforms says developing superintelligence is now in sight

Business Insider18 hours ago
Says 3.4B people using at least one of our apps each day. Says developing superintelligence, which it defines as AI that surpasses human intelligence in every way, is now in sight. Says established Meta Superintelligence Labs. Says making good progress towards LAMA 4.1 one and 4.2. Says Prometheus cluster is coming online next year, and thinks it's going to be the world's first gigawatt plus cluster. Says making these investments because we have conviction that superintelligence is going to improve every aspect of what the company does. Says continues to see strong momentum with Ray Ban Meta Glasses with sales accelerating. Says also launching new Performance AI glasses with the Oakley Meta HSTNs. Says thinks that AI glasses are going to be the main way people integrate superintelligence into day to day lives. Says seeing Meta AI become an increasingly valuable complement to content discovery engines. Says continues to see momentum with video engagement in particular. Says Instagram video time was up more than 20% year over year globally. Says expects talent additions across all of priority areas will continue to drive overall headcount growth through this year in 2026. Says a very high chance it seems like the world is going to look pretty different in a few years from now. Comments taken from Q2 earnings conference call.
Elevate Your Investing Strategy:
Orange background

Try Our AI Features

Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:

Comments

No comments yet...

Related Articles

NetApp Hosts First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results Webcast
NetApp Hosts First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results Webcast

Yahoo

time2 hours ago

  • Yahoo

NetApp Hosts First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results Webcast

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 31, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After market close on August 27, 2025, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) will announce financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, which ended July 25, 2025. NetApp executive management will host a conference call Webcast at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss these results and provide their perspective on market dynamics. How to Participate The live Webcast call can be accessed at Please allow at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the Webcast to log in. An audio replay Webcast will also be available after 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time. NetApp Future Targeted Release Dates Q2 FY 2026 results target date: November 25, 2025Q3 FY 2026 results target date: February 26, 2026Q4 FY 2026 results target date: May 28, 2026Q1 FY 2027 results target date: September 2, 2026 About NetApp NetApp is the intelligent data infrastructure company, combining unified data storage, integrated data, operational and workload services to turn a world of disruption into opportunity for every customer. NetApp creates silo-free infrastructure, harnessing observability and AI to enable the industry's best data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in the world's biggest clouds, our data storage delivers seamless flexibility. In addition, our data services create a data advantage through superior cyber resilience, governance, and application agility. Our operational and workload services provide continuous optimization of performance and efficiency for infrastructure and workloads through observability and AI. No matter the data type, workload, or environment, with NetApp you can transform your data infrastructure to realize your business possibilities. Learn more at or follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. NETAPP, the NETAPP logo, and the marks listed at are trademarks of NetApp, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. View source version on Contacts (Press)Kenya Hayes1 703 589 (Investors)Billie Fagenstrom1 408 822

How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 7/31/2025
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 7/31/2025

Yahoo

time2 hours ago

  • Yahoo

How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 7/31/2025

Stocks gave up early gains and closed lower on Wall Street, led by drops in health care companies. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped less than 0.1%. Health care stocks sank after the White House released letters asking big pharmaceutical companies to cut prices and make other changes in the next 60 days. Meta Platforms surged after the parent company of Facebook and Instagram crushed Wall Street's sales and profit targets even as the company continues to pour billions of dollars into artificial intelligence. On Thursday: The S&P 500 fell 23.51 points, or 0.4%, to 6,339.39. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 330.30 points, or 0.7%, to 44,130.98. The Nasdaq composite fell 7.23 points, or less than 0.1%, to 21,122.45. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 20.75 points, or 0.9%, to 2,211.65. For the week: The S&P 500 is down 49.25 points, or 0.8%. The Dow is down 770.94 points, or 1.7%. The Nasdaq is up 14.13 points, or 0.1%. The Russell 2000 is down 49.42 points, or 2.2%. For the year: The S&P 500 is up 457.76 points, or 7.8%. The Dow is up 1,586.76 points, or 3.7%. The Nasdaq is up 1,811.66 points, or 9.4%. The Russell 2000 is down 18.51 points, or 0.8%. Sign in to access your portfolio

Mark Zuckerberg says that those not wearing AI smart glasses in the future will be at a 'pretty significant cognitive disadvantage'
Mark Zuckerberg says that those not wearing AI smart glasses in the future will be at a 'pretty significant cognitive disadvantage'

Tom's Guide

time3 hours ago

  • Tom's Guide

Mark Zuckerberg says that those not wearing AI smart glasses in the future will be at a 'pretty significant cognitive disadvantage'

Years after Google attempted to introduce Glass, smart glasses are finally gaining traction, with several companies producing some of the best smart glasses we've seen to date. And now, Mark Zuckerberg says that in the future, you'll be left behind if you don't have a set. During this week's Meta earnings call (via TechCrunch), CEO and founder Zuckerberg presented financial figures for the last fiscal quarter, alongside the company's outlook for the future. With the company's recent spending spree, unsurprisingly, that means a lot of AI, with Zuckerberg proclaiming that AI superintelligence is "now in sight." During the call, he also spoke about AI glasses with a new Oakley partnership bringing more Meta-based glasses to the market. "I continue to think that glasses are basically going to be the ideal form factor for AI, because you can let an AI see what you see throughout the day, hear what you hear, talk to you,' Zuckerberg said during the call. He went on to say that adding a display will add more value to the glasses, whether it's something in daily wear like the Ray Ban Metas or the holographic Meta Orion AR glasses. "I think in the future, if you don't have glasses that have AI, or some way to interact with AI, I think you're kind of similarly probably be at a pretty significant cognitive disadvantage compared to other people,' Zuckerberg went on to say. According to Zuckerberg, the Reality Labs division at Meta's main focus has been smart glasses for the last "five to ten years." Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. It's not entirely surprising that Zuckerberg would promote the Meta glasses and Reality Labs to investors. The division has been a money sink with operating losses of $4.53 billion this year and $4.88 billion last year, this in spite of the $20 billion Meta made in profit." "I think we're just several years ahead on building out glasses," Zuckerberg said. "And I think that's something we're excited to keep on investing in heavily because I think it's going to be a really important part of the future." Between the Ray Ban and Oakley glasses, they can connect to the Meta AI app, which gives them access to an AI assistant, photos and some web browsing. Whether or not people will be cognitively disadvantaged without smart glasses is debatable. Recent studies from Microsoft and MIT released this year have reported that habitual AI users may experience declines in critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving skills. Beyond that, it's a nebulous and hard-to-quantify claim, but Zuckerberg's statement isn't for us; it's for investors he's trying to convince to keep putting their dollars into Meta's coffers. Still, my colleague Kate Kozuch enjoyed the new Oakleys, describing them as "epic," although she found them less fashionable than the already available Ray-Bans, which offer more styles and lenses to choose from. And the true selling point of smart glasses is their convenience over pulling out your phone. Of course, he also threw in a brief shoutout to the still existing Metaverse. "The other thing that's awesome about glasses is they are going to be the ideal way to blend the physical and digital worlds together,' he said. 'So the whole Metaverse vision, I think, is going to end up being extremely important, too, and AI is going to accelerate that.' Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.

DOWNLOAD THE APP

Get Started Now: Download the App

Ready to dive into a world of global content with local flavor? Download Daily8 app today from your preferred app store and start exploring.
app-storeplay-store