Meta's Remarkable Turnaround: Transformative Decisions and AI Revolution

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This chapter discusses the remarkable turnaround of Meta led by Mark Zuckerberg, highlighting two transformative decisions made by Zuckerberg and the utilization of AI. It explores the introduction of Reels and Meta's investment in data centers and GPUs for generative AI. The chapter also delves into the benefits and concerns surrounding Meta's AI technology and Mark Zuckerberg's commitment to the metaverse.

The singular focus on the metaverse of Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s boss, fretted investors. But in the past year he has pulled off a spectacularly timely turnaround. We look at what is driving an illegal-gold rush in Venezuela as a lens on a wider, regional concern (9:48). And why North Korea’s women’s football team provides such good propaganda (16:48).

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