NASDAQ:META News 2 July 2025

Global Green Data Center Efficiency Developments (June–July 2025)

Deloitte forecasts global data center electricity use will nearly double from about 536 TWh in 2025 to over 1,000 TWh by 2030. S&P Global projects U.S. data center power demand rising about 12% annually through 2030, with roughly 60% of new demand potentially met by natural gas. Germany passed the Energy Efficiency Act (EnEFG) requiring 100% renewable energy by 2027 for all data centers, a PUE of 1.2 or better for facilities operational from July 2026, at least 10% energy reuse, and an energy or environmental management system by July 1, 2025. Effective July 1, 2025, any data center hosting

8 July 2025

Perplexity AI: The $14B AI Answer Engine Challenging Google and ChatGPT

Perplexity AI launched its flagship search engine product on December 7, 2022, founded by Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho, and Andy Konwinski. Its tech uses a retrieval+generation architecture that performs live web searches and generates answers with inline citations, with Sonar, a modified version of Meta’s Llama 3, as the default model and support for GPT-3.5-turbo, GPT-4-turbo, Claude and other engines. The platform provides concise, sourced answers, supports multimodal inputs such as images and code, allows file uploads, and includes an Internal Knowledge Search for Pro users with up to 500 private files. It operates on a freemium model

7 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Competition · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · Perplexity AI · Search Engines · Technology

XR Revolution Unleashed: June–July 2025’s Biggest Extended & Mixed Reality Breakthroughs

Snap announced the Specs AR glasses at AWE 2025 as a next-generation, lightweight glasses form factor due in 2026, backed by an 11-year, $3 billion investment, with Specs described as an ultra-powerful wearable computer with see-through lenses and major Snap OS updates including OpenAI and Gemini AI integration. At WWDC 2025, Apple unveiled visionOS 26 for the Vision Pro headset, adding 90 Hz hand tracking, a spatial accessory API for tracked controllers, multi-user co-located experiences, enhanced RealityKit/ARKit tools, and on‑device AI branded Apple Intelligence, with Vision Pro shipping by late 2025. On June 20, 2025, Meta and EssilorLuxottica unveiled Oakley

6 July 2025

Breakthroughs · Innovation · Mixed Reality · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:SNAP · Tech Trends · XR

Digital Marketing Unleashed: 2025’s Top Online Strategies, Tools & Must-Know Trends

Over 5.24 billion people use social media worldwide. 72% of overall marketing spend now goes into digital channels. Global digital advertising and marketing investments reached $667 billion in 2024 and are projected to approach $786 billion by 2026. Approximately 49% of businesses say organic search provides the best marketing ROI, and 33% of internet users discover new brands via search. Email marketing yields $36–$40 in revenue per $1 spent, equating to a 3600–4000% ROI. Pay-Per-Click advertising delivers about $2 in revenue for every $1 spent (200% ROI), with Google Ads and Facebook as top platforms. In 2024, 29% of marketers

6 July 2025

2025 · Digital Marketing · NASDAQ:ADBE · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · Online Strategies · Tools · Trends

The State of Artificial Intelligence in 2025: Opportunities, Challenges, and Global Shifts / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 12:00 CET

Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that AI will concretely replace half of US white-collar workers. The IMF estimates up to 60% of jobs in advanced economies may be directly affected by AI. Jiahui Yu, co-creator of GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o, moved from OpenAI to Meta in a $100 million deal to lead Meta Superintelligence Labs. Nvidia accounts for 95% of the AI chip market. The UK has emerged as the world’s third-largest AI power, with a $92 billion market and 3,700 AI companies. The EU’s AI Act imposes a risk-based framework with high-risk bans, applies to all providers targeting EU users,

5 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Challenges · Future · Global Trends · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:F · Opportunities

Industrial Robotics & Automation Breakthroughs – June–July 2025

Hexagon unveiled its first industrial humanoid, AEON, a dual-locomotion robot, at the Hexagon LIVE Global event in 2025 to tackle labor shortages in manufacturing and logistics. Wandercraft introduced the Calvin humanoid robot as part of a Renault Group partnership, with Renault taking a minority stake and investing €50 million to co-develop Calvin for Renault factories. Germany’s NEURA Robotics premiered the third-generation 4NE1 cognitive humanoid at Automatica 2025, alongside the market launch of MiPA, a home and care service robot. Foxconn (Hon Hai) and Nvidia announced plans to deploy humanoid robots on the production line of a new AI server plant

5 July 2025

Automation · Industry News · Innovation · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:ABB · Robotics · Technology

Why Everyone’s Talking About Character.AI in 2025 – Major Updates, New CEO & Controversy

In June 2025 Karandeep Anand, formerly Meta VP, was named CEO of Character.AI, succeeding co-founder Noam Shazeer, and he pledged a 60-day plan to improve memory, filters, and creator features. In 2025 Character.AI launched Scenes, AvatarFX, Streams, and memory tools, with Chat Memories available in May 2025, AvatarFX live on web in June, and Streams rolling out in summer 2025. Google’s 2024 licensing deal valued at about $2.5–$3 billion gave Google a non-exclusive license to Character.AI’s LLM, bought out early investors in a reverse acquihire, and kept Character.AI independent. By early 2025 Character.AI had about 20 million MAU and over

3 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Character.AI · Controversy · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · Tech News · Technology

The Global AI Surge: Disruption, Opportunity, and the New World Order / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:00 CET

In 2025, Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Alibaba’s language models gained global traction, with DeepSeek reportedly priced at 1/17th the cost of leading US models and adopted by HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Saudi Aramco. US tech giants increased AI infrastructure spending in 2025, with Microsoft committing $80 billion and Meta $68 billion to data centers, chips, and cloud capacity. OpenAI agreed to lease 4.5 GW of data-center power from Oracle as part of the $500 billion Stargate AI infrastructure project. Ford CEO Jim Farley predicted that AI will literally replace half of all white-collar jobs in the US. A

3 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Disruption · Global Trends · NASDAQ:ASML · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · NASDAQ:ORCL · NYSE:BABA · NYSE:F · NYSE:HSBC · NYSE:SAP · Technology · World Order

AI in July 2025: Superintelligence, Talent Wars, and Societal Shifts / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 00:01 CET

Meta launched its Superintelligence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang (ex-Scale AI CEO) and Nat Friedman (ex-GitHub CEO), with reports of offers up to $300 million over four years to recruit talent from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and DeepMind. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman criticized Meta’s talent tactics as distasteful and OpenAI countered by offering staff a one-week break and considering salary increases to retain talent. Microsoft laid off about 9,000 employees (nearly 4% of its workforce) as it expands AI and cloud capabilities, with GitHub Copilot now generating 20-30% of internal code and 2025 capital spending planned at $80 billion. Amazon deployed

3 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Future Trends · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:MSFT · NYSE:NET · Society · Talent · Technology

AI Stocks Soar to New Highs: Trends, Big Moves & What Analysts Predict Next

Nvidia (NVDA) became a $1 trillion company in 2023, commands roughly 80% of the AI chip market, and sells the H100 and H200 data-center GPUs powering modern AI models. The S&P 500’s Magnificent Seven—Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Tesla, and Meta—account for about 35% of the index’s market cap and have delivered over 70% of its gains since the start of 2023. OpenAI’s ChatGPT debuted in late 2022, sparking an AI rally described as the “iPhone moment” for AI investing. Microsoft invested about $10 billion in OpenAI in early 2023 and integrated GPT models across Bing, Copilot in Office 365,

2 July 2025

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AI Specialist Salaries in 2024–2025: A Comprehensive Report

In the United States, data scientists average about $156,790 in total pay annually, with New York around $160,000 and San Francisco topping $178,000. Switzerland leads Europe with data scientists averaging about $143,360 per year. OpenAI compensation data shows a median total of about $875,000, with entry-level around $238,000 and senior levels around $1.34 million, and top researchers sometimes earning over $10 million. Google DeepMind has offered top researchers up to $20 million per year, with London-based researchers previously earning around £295,000 including bonuses. Meta has reportedly offered top researchers multi-year packages up to $100 million, and by 2025 some top

2 July 2025

AI Careers · Data Science · Industry Analysis · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · Salary Trends · Technology Jobs

The State of Artificial Intelligence in 2025: Breakthroughs, Challenges, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, July 2nd, 12:03 CET

The global AI market is valued at $391 billion in 2025, with a projected CAGR of 35.9% and an expected reach of $1.81 trillion by 2030. AI is now a business foundation, with over 6% of global startups and nearly 10% of unicorns AI-powered. 83% of companies say AI is a top priority, and daily AI use in office work has surged by 233% since late 2024. Meta launched its Superintelligence Labs led by Alexandr Wang and reportedly offered up to $300 million over four years to lure OpenAI researchers, with all 11 hires being immigrants. Microsoft’s AI Diagnostic Orchestrator

2 July 2025

2025 · Artificial Intelligence · Challenges · Innovations · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:MSFT · Technology

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