Meta Invests Millions to Create Celebrity AI Avatars


Star AI researcher Andrew Tulloch is reportedly leaving Meta. Meta brought him back last year with a compensation package over $1 billion, seen as a major win and capping Zuckerberg's costly AI talent race. Tulloch worked at Meta for 11 years, joined OpenAI in 2023, then co-founded a company.....
Meta launches AI agent Muse to perform tasks via a dedicated cloud virtual computer. Available to US users 18+ on iOS, Android, web, and WhatsApp; future on Instagram, Facebook, and Meta AI glasses. Powered by Muse Spark 1.3, it can access Meta apps and services like Ticketmaster and OpenTable.....
Meta's AI agent 'Muse' exited internal testing, entering limited Alpha/Beta closed testing on the App Store with queue/invite access. As an on-device AI agent, Muse provides all-scenario task automation, integrating Gmail, Google Calendar, Peloton, etc.....
Meta told engineers performance reviews will no longer factor in AI token usage, per The Information. Executives Maher Saba and Santosh Janardhan issued guidance saying AI adoption dashboards or token usage won't measure employee impact, and removed earlier requirements for specific AI tools/tasks.....
A memo from Meta executives clearly states that AI adoption dashboards or token usage will not be used to evaluate engineers' influence. Currently, 93% of code changes are assisted by AI agents, and AI is deeply embedded in engineering processes, but the emphasis is that using AI itself is not the ultimate goal. This move responds to the common practice in the tech industry of setting performance metrics to promote AI.