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.
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.
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.
Microsoft, Meta, Tesla earnings on deck as DeepSeek triggers AI rethink
Markets are looking for assurances that DeepSeek hasn't completely disrupted the AI investment thesis. They may be disappointed.
Mark Zuckerberg: DeepSeek shows why U.S. must be AI’s ‘global open source standard’; no reason to rethink spending
The cofounder and CEO of Meta doubled down on plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on AI infrastructure as China's ...
Meta Engineers See Vindication in DeepSeek’s Apparent Breakthrough
The Silicon Valley giant was criticized for giving away its core A.I. technology two years ago for anyone to use. Now that ...
Here's what DeepSeek AI does better than OpenAI's ChatGPT
However, the consensus is that DeepSeek is superior to ChatGPT for more technical tasks. If you use AI chatbots for logical ...
Meta Q4 Beats On Top & Bottom Lines Amid AI Jitters, Reported Legal Settlement With President Trump
Meta beat on key fourth quarter numbers but forecasts for the current first quarter disappointed a bit as investors wait to ...
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 ...
DeepSeek’s AI Innovation: What It Means For Investors And Big Tech
DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough challenges Big Tech with a cheaper, efficient model. This may be bad for the incumbents, but good ...
DeepSeek AI skyrockets in popularity; Alibaba and ChatGPT launch new AI models
Chinese startup DeepSeek's artificial intelligence challenges major U.S. tech companies like Meta and OpenAI. Here's why.
Meta earnings live updates: Wall Street watching for AI monetization, reaction to DeepSeek mania
Meta's earnings call is today at 5 pm ET. META stock heads into the report up 15% YTD. Analysts are focused on AI ...
Meta Platforms Sales Soar to Record, Bolstering Zuckerberg’s AI Spending Spree
Meta Platforms posted record revenue in the fourth quarter, aided by artificial-intelligence improvements to its ads business ...