Meta built its AI reputation on openness -- that may be changing

Meta built its AI reputation on openness -- that may be changing

Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model. This would mark a major philosophical shift for Meta.

Meta Is Rethinking Openness as Its AI Strategy Enters a New, More Secretive Phase

For years, Meta’s big bet was virtual reality. With the 2021 rebrand from Facebook to Meta, Mark Zuckerberg envisioned a world built around avatars, immersive headsets, and digital spaces. But four years later, that future feels on hold. Now, Meta is placing its biggest bet yet on something else entirely: artificial intelligence. In 2025, the … The post Why Meta’s Pivot to AI Could End Its Open-Source Era and Disrupt the AI Race appeared first o…

Meta to Ditch Llama 4: AI Behemoth Meets an Early End

Former proponents of democratising artificial intelligence through open-source releases of Llama at Meta, engineers and executives are now contemplating a radical philosophical shift: giving up their top open-source AI model, Behemoth, in favour of creating a closed, proprietary system.This possible withdrawal occurs at a critical juncture. Although Meta is considering shutting down, Chinese AI labs have risen to the top, becoming not just compe…

Meta Patches AI Bug Exposing User Prompts

Meta Platforms Inc. has swiftly addressed a significant security vulnerability in its AI systems that risked exposing users’ private prompts and generated content, highlighting ongoing challenges in safeguarding data amid the rapid integration of artificial intelligence tools. The flaw, discovered by a security researcher, could have allowed unauthorized access to sensitive interactions with Meta’s AI features, potentially compromising user priv…