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Meta killed an internal study linking Facebook to worse mental health

Meta is facing a fresh wave of scrutiny over allegations that it shut down internal research after finding that Facebook and Instagram were harming users’ mental health. The claims, surfacing in court ...
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Unsealed Court Docs Reveal Meta Buried Evidence Instagram Harmed Kids, Compared App to a ‘Drug’

Newly released court documents allege that Meta ignored, downplayed, and hid internal research showing Instagram was harming children — while its own employees privately described the platform as ...

Meta's AI research lab that some insiders said is dying a slow death sees another top level exit as VP Jitendra Malik announces his resignation

Meta's AI research division, FAIR, is experiencing significant leadership departures, with VP Jitendra Malik joining Amazon's ...

Meta hired a 29-year-old billionaire to lead AI, but its former chief scientist says he is inexperienced to lead real research

Former Meta AI scientist Yann LeCun warns that Meta may lose more AI researchers because its 29-year-old AI chief lacks the ...
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Is Meta Killing FAIR?

Is Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, quietly dismantling one of the most influential forces in artificial intelligence research? For years, the Facebook AI Research (FAIR) ...