Mark Zuckerberg

Responding to a document showing his staff coaching him to be more relatable and human, Zuckerberg said public remarks are not his favorite thing, saying, quote, I think I'm actually well known to be very bad at this.

The trial, linked to 1,600 other cases, is expected to last another four weeks.

Bobby Allen, NPR News, Los Angeles.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified today at a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles.

Meta and Google's YouTube are facing the first of 3,000 lawsuits filed against them,

alleging that the companies should be held liable for building algorithmic recommendations and product features, such as the infinite scroll and autoplay that make it difficult for teens to log off.

And apparently 2026 is going to be the year that they start bringing out all of their new models, which are going to be coming in the next few months, apparently.

And they said that they're going to steadily push the frontier over the course of the new year.

Mark Zuckerberg didn't give specific timelines.

I think that 2026 is going to be the year that AI starts to dramatically change the way that we work.

As we navigate this, our North Star is building the best place for individuals to make a massive impact.

So to do this, we're investing in AI-native tooling so individuals at Meta can get more done.

We're elevating individual contributors and flattening teams.

We're starting to see projects that used to require big teams now be accomplished by a single, very talented person.

I think that 2026 is going to be the year that AI starts to dramatically change the way that we work.

As we navigate this, our North Star is building the best place for individuals to make a massive impact.

So to do this, we're investing in AI native tooling so individuals at Meta can get more done.

We're elevating individual contributors and flattening teams.

We're starting to see projects that used to require big teams now be accomplished by a single, very talented person.

I think that 2026 is going to be the year that AI starts to dramatically change the way that we work.