🚨 Meta makes $14.3B AI data play
Plus - 🕵️♂️ Meta AI share bug leaks prompts
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🚨 Meta Makes a $14.3B Power Play for AI's Data Backbone
🕵️♂️ Meta AI's Share Button Is Accidentally Airing Your Secrets
🤖 Barbie Meets GPT: Mattel and OpenAI Partner on AI-Powered Toys
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Stay at the forefront with exhilarating daily AI breakthroughs!🕵️♂️ Meta AI's Share Button Is Accidentally Airing Your Secrets
Foundry Brief:
It’s giving Black Mirror vibes - users of Meta’s new AI app are unknowingly broadcasting their private chats to the public. The culprit? A deceptively simple “share” button built into the app. When users hit it - sometimes without realizing what it does - their conversations with Meta AI, including text, audio, and images, are published publicly on the web. And we’re not just talking harmless trivia. One widely shared clip features someone asking, “Hey Meta, why do some farts stink more than others?” Funny? Yes. Harmless? Not always.
Highlights:
Other users have unknowingly exposed:
Tax evasion queries
Court case details
Real names and addresses
Character references for people facing legal charges
In a Wrap:
Security expert Rachel Tobac flagged serious leaks, including home addresses and sensitive legal content. It’s a cautionary tale about interface design gone wrong - when a simple tap can turn a private question into viral fodder.
Meta says the feature is intentional, aimed at sharing “fun” interactions. But with no clear warning or friction in the flow, users are walking straight into a privacy nightmare.
Lesson? Think before you share. Especially with an AI that remembers everything and may just post it to the world.📉 Google’s AI Overviews are reshaping SEO
🚨 Meta Makes a $14.3B Power Play for AI's Data Backbone
Foundry Brief:
In a surprise move, Meta is taking a bold $14.3 billion bet on data infrastructure -snapping up a 49% stake in Scale AI, the leading data-labeling company powering many of today’s top AI models.
It’s not a full acquisition, but it’s close. The deal also brings Scale’s co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang into Meta’s fold, marking one of the most aggressive bets yet on AI’s unsung hero: training data.
Highlights:
Meta isn’t just throwing money around - it’s shoring up its long-term AI ambitions.
As foundational models become more powerful (and expensive to train), high-quality labeled data has emerged as the key strategic asset.
With Scale AI, Meta is now positioned to control more of that pipeline.
On one hand, this investment deepens Meta’s infrastructure moat in a way that echoes Amazon’s AWS playbook.
On the other, it shows how urgent and reactive Meta’s AI posture has become as it races to catch up with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
In a Wrap:
What’s clear: This isn’t about the next AI model. It’s about owning the raw material future models will depend on. Let the data wars begin!
🤖 Barbie Meets GPT: Mattel and OpenAI Partner on AI-Powered Toys
Foundry Brief:
n a move no one had on their 2025 bingo card, Mattel is teaming up with OpenAI to bring generative AI into the toy aisle and beyond. The Barbie-maker plans to use OpenAI’s tech to power new fan experiences, making this the AI giant’s first official partnership with a toymaker. While details are still under wraps, both companies confirmed they’ll launch their first AI-enhanced product later this year designed to boost “fan engagement” while putting a heavy emphasis on privacy, safety, and responsibility.
Highlights:
This collaboration could give OpenAI a strategic foothold in Mattel’s fast-growing entertainment empire.
Since the 2023 Barbie movie shattered expectations, Mattel has gone full Hollywood- developing films for Hot Wheels, Polly Pocket, Barney, UNO, and more.
It’s also gearing up to publish its first video game in 2026.
In a Wrap:
Josh Silverman, Mattel’s chief franchise officer, told Bloomberg that upcoming products will span physical toys and immersive experiences, but Mattel retains full control over its IP. No licensing deal here just a creative alliance aimed at blending nostalgia, play, and cutting-edge AI. One thing’s clear: Barbie just got a prompt injection and it might be pink-coded.
🍟 AI Crisps
Brief & Unmissable Vital AI Developments🗣️ ElevenLabs drops Conversational AI 2.0
🧠 OpenAI teases “ambient” hardware devices
💰 Anthropic hits $3B annualized revenue
🔐 Meta automating 90% safety reviews
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