- Published on February 15, 2025
- In Global Tech
Meta Is No Longer Just a Social Media Company
Like Meta, tech giants like Apple, Nvidia, X, FigureAI, and Apptronik are investing heavily in robotics to shape the future of AI-driven automation.
Image by Nikhil Kumar
- By Siddharth Jindal
Soon, Meta will be more than just a social media company. According to a recent report, the company is establishing a new division within its Reality Labs unit to develop AI humanoid robots.
This move comes ahead of Apple’s anticipated entry into the humanoid robotic space, which analysts believe is still in the proof-of-concept stage and unlikely to commence mass production before 2028.
Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth said in a memo that the new robotics product group will focus on “consumer humanoid robots to maximise Llama’s platform capabilities.” Llama is Meta’s series of AI foundation models that power various generative AI products across its platforms.
“We believe expanding our portfolio to invest in this field will only accrue value t
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Siddharth Jindal
Siddharth is a media graduate who loves to explore tech through journalism and putting forward ideas worth pondering about in the era of artificial intelligence.
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