AI Weekend Shockwave: Breakthroughs, Backlash & Big Moves (Aug 30–31, 2025)
Meta Platforms pursued multiple routes to boost its AI offerings. It signed a deal to license Midjourney’s image-generation technology to enhance Meta’s products, and internally its new Superintelligence Labs team has even discussed using rival models from Google or OpenAI to power Meta’s AI features ts2.tech ts2.tech. A Meta spokesperson confirmed an “all-of-the-above” approach: the company will continue developing its own advanced models while also collaborating externally and open-sourcing when strategic ts2.tech. These moves aim to quickly bolster Meta’s AI capabilities as it races to catch up with OpenAI and Google in the AI arms race. Meta also quietly settled a lawsuit by U.S. authors who accused its AI models of training on pirated e-books, avoiding a potentially costly trial ts2.tech.
