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Scale raises $1B

San Francisco-based data foundry startup Scale has raised $1 billion in a Series F financing round, pegging the company at a $13.8 billion valuation.

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta will offer its virtual reality OS to hardware companies, creating iPhone versus Android dynamic — CNBC

Meta will partner with external hardware companies, including Lenovo, Microsoft and Asus, to build virtual reality headsets using the company’s Meta Horizon operating system, writes Kif Leswing. 

Meta releases Llama 3 language models 

Meta has announced the release of the first two models of its next-generation Llama language model series, Llama 3.

Meta to broaden labeling of AI-made content — Axios

Meta will begin labeling a wider range of video, audio and image content as "Made with AI" starting in May, writes Ryan Heath. 

Nvidia launches Blackwell Platform for generative AI

Nvidia has launched the Blackwell platform, a new computing architecture designed to support the development and execution of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on large language models.