Meta’s antitrust trial slide redactions aren’t actually hiding anything

Meta’s antitrust trial slide redactions aren’t actually hiding anything

A PDF of Meta’s opening statement slides in its FTC antitrust hearing yesterday contains easy-to-remove redactions that make it possible to see everything the company didn’t want made public, The Verge has discovered.  Thanks to the poor redactions, we can see sections comparing the use of Apple’s Messages app to Meta apps like Instagram and WhatsApp. The original slide displayed only a quote from Apple director of product marketing Ronak Shah d…

Meta’s AI Research Lab Is "Dying A Slow Death"

When Meta’s head of AI research, Joelle Pineau, announced her departure last week, many wondered what was happening with FAIR—the once-famed Meta AI lab she had led for the past two years.