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Org Charts

The Key People Driving Meta’s Generative AI Work

By · Aug 16, 2023 6:00am PDT
As Meta Platforms has tried to cut costs and trim headcount over the past year, one area has emerged as an exception: generative artificial intelligence. Caught flat-footed by the explosion of interest in OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta scrambled to put together a team in February focused on the buzzy technology in the hopes of deploying it in... As Meta Platforms has tried to cut costs and trim headcount over the past year, one area has...
Screentime

Screentime: The Venture Investor Who Runs Through Antarctica in Silence

By · Jan 20, 2023 1:00pm PST
Out of the 13 million Diablo II players, Lightspeed Venture Partners investor Moritz Baier-Lentz was No. 1. During his peak gamer years—2001 to 2005—Baier-Lentz was playing the action role-playing game 6 to 8 hours a day, crushing his competitors. It was a lucrative gig: “I traded the digital swords and armor that I earned... Out of the 13 million Diablo II players, Lightspeed Venture Partners investor Moritz Baier-Lentz...
Art by Clark Miller
The Big Read

Saint Frances of the Whistle: A Year After Frances Haugen’s Facebook Leak, Every Corporate Secret Is Now Up for Grabs

By · Sep 30, 2022 8:30am PDT
When Frances Haugen has sought refuge during the past year of personal attacks, speaking engagements, and congressional and parliamentary hearings, she has found it beside a placid blue lagoon in Puerto Rico. She shares a home in Miramar—“the Brooklyn of San Juan,” she said—with her new husband, Alex, whose last name and background she prefers,... When Frances Haugen has sought refuge during the past year of personal attacks, speaking...
Art by Clark Miller
Social Studies

The Surprise Fanatics for Meta’s VR Headset? Your Mom’s Facebook Friends

By Martin Peers and Myk Klemme · Nov 10, 2023 9:00am PST · 1 comment
Karla Mellinger doesn’t care about the metaverse. “It’s silly,” said the 62-year-old from Spokane, Wash., who works as a credit manager at a company that manufactures steel studs used in construction. “The whole thing is just silly.” And yet, five days a week, Mellinger straps on a Meta Quest 2 virtual reality... Karla Mellinger doesn’t care about the metaverse. “It’s silly,” said the...
Facebook's Oculus Quest 2. Facebook on Tuesday suspended sales of the headset temporarily. Image courtesy Facebook/Oculus
Reality Check

Facebook Kicks Off a Metaverse Reorganization

By · Jul 27, 2021 11:00am PDT
Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t kidding when he said last week he hopes Facebook will morph from a social media giant into a metaverse company. As the company revealed Monday, his ambition is beginning to have real effects on Facebook’s org chart.As reported, Facebook is creating a new Metaverse product group under Facebook Reality Labs. Andrew Bosworth’... Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t kidding when he said last week he hopes Facebook will morph from a social...