Meta Partners with Hugging Face and Scaleway to Support French AI Startups


Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, stated in the earnings call that AI technology will drive social media into a new phase: in the future, platforms will see a large amount of AI-generated content, greatly enriching the resource library of recommendation systems. He reviewed the two development stages of social media - from sharing among friends and family to creator content - indicating that AI will usher in a new era of content creation.
Meta integrates AI image editing into Instagram Stories, enabling users to add, remove, or modify photos and videos via text prompts through the 'Restyle' menu, streamlining the editing process.....
Meta restructures its AI division, cutting about 600 jobs in research, product, and infrastructure teams to streamline operations and boost efficiency, while retaining thousands of AI roles.....
Meta announced that the AI photo editing suggestions feature on Facebook is now fully available in the United States and Canada. The feature can access users' unshared photos in their camera roll and provide editing suggestions, encouraging users to post AI-optimized images to their feed or Stories. It was tested this summer, and users received a request to allow cloud processing permissions when opening the app, in order to enable personalized creative recommendations.
Meta's WhatsApp updates business API policy, banning general-purpose AI chatbots from the platform starting Jan 15, 2026, affecting providers like OpenAI and Perplexity.....