Microsoft, Meta CEOs Defend Hefty AI Spending

Microsoft, Meta Talk Up Their Big AI Ambitions and Spending Plans
The tech giants on Wednesday talked up their AI strategies and said they are sticking with ambitious investments in the technology despite the investor panic this week over the ri
Microsoft, Meta CEOs defend hefty AI spending after DeepSeek stuns tech world
Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry, the chief executives of Microsoft and Meta defended massive spending that they said was key to staying competitive in the new field.
Meta defends $65bn AI spend after DeepSeek rise
Meta has defended its $65bn (£52bn) investment in artificial intelligence (AI) days after US tech stocks wobbled in the wake of Chinese AI app DeepSeek's sudden rise. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said to investors on Wednesday there was a lot to learn from DeepSeek,
Zuckerberg Says DeepSeek ‘Strengthened Our Conviction' as Meta Spends Big on AI
Key Takeaways Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday’s that the rapid rise of competitors from China has only strengthened the tech giant’s commitment to its AI ambitions. The CEO said it’s too early to know how growing competition from China could impact its future investments.
Zuckerberg says Meta won't slow down AI spend despite DeepSeek's breakthrough
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said China-based DeepSeek has created a powerful artificial intelligence model, but it won’t likely curb Meta’s AI spending.
Microsoft and Meta AI Splurge Still Not Enough for Nvidia
The tech giants are keeping capital spending plans in line as DeepSeek raises questions about future computing needs.
Meta Blows Past Q4 Expectations With Record Revenue and Profit as Zuckerberg Touts Massive AI Investment
Meta reported record quarterly revenue and net profit for Q4 2024 as it looks to massively boost spending on AI in 2025.
Forget DeepSeek. Zuckerberg says Meta will spend hundreds of billions on AI.
Meta’s CEO says its consumer AI offering “is going to be one of the most transformative products that we’ve made.” ...
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Meta AI Can Now 'Remember' What You Tell It Across Apps
Meta AI will curate responses based on the information you've supplied across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, ...
This AI stock might be worth more than Meta in 2025
Microsoft alone is projecting $80 billion of infrastructure spend for data centers in 2025; meanwhile, OpenAI, Oracle and ...
Meta's chief AI scientist says DeepSeek's success shows that 'open source models are surpassing proprietary ones'
Meta's chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, said DeepSeek's success with R1 said more about the value of open-source than Chinese ...
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Why keeping US AI away from China’s DeepSeek won’t be easy
Leading White House advisers this week raised concern that China's DeepSeek might have derived benefits from a technique ...
Reality Labs bleed grows but Zuckerberg vows ‘pivotal year’ for the metaverse
Reality Labs, the research arm of social media giant Meta Platforms, bled even more billions over the last quarter, but Meta ...