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Caroline Hyde

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Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Dara Amadei was making these comments in an interview at the New York Times Dealbook Summit yesterday.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Bloomberg's AI editor Seth Feigman is here to break down why 50 billion that they've just said they're going to be spending on data centers and ecosystem is not a YOLO, whereas maybe some others in the space are.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

probably helps with profitability more in line with the future and therefore an IPO more in line with the future.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

We have seen a lot of reporting about potentially Anthropic looking to tap the public markets.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Time now for Talking Tech.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

First up, shares in Netflix under pressure today.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

According to CNBC report, the streaming giant is actually the frontrunner for Warner Brothers' discovery in the bidding.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

With a cash offer that covers some 85% of the deal, we understand bidding is expected to wrap up early next week.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Plus, Morgan Stanley is said to be considering offloading some of its data center exposure via a significant risk transfer.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

According to sources, the bank has held preliminary talks with its potential other investors about the transfer and is also exploring other ways to hedge part of its data center risk.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And the EU, well, it's investigating the rollout of new AI-related policies by Meta's messaging service, WhatsApp.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Regulators are reportedly weighing interim measures, including a temporary ban, alleging that WhatsApp's AI tools may soon unfairly block rival AI providers from offering their services through the platform, Ed.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Okay, Minda, let's go to, therefore, the vast amounts of money being spent on the AI focus.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And that's what's got investors riled, worried about the amount of debt that's going to have to be deployed, the potential move to negative cash flow, for example.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Is that wise?

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

When you're thinking about the intertwining of AI with social media, for Meta it really paid off because it was more effective and advertisers loved it.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

But what about actually our use cases and how super intelligence is going to win for their business model?

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

People are really using AI within WhatsApp, within Instagram.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

And then there's the issue of competition and whether they're stifling it.

Bloomberg Tech
Meta Stock Surges on Plans for Metaverse Cuts

Over in the EU, they're worried about perhaps some policy changes to what they're offering of which companies who basically integrate in the API.