"Meta is seeking to ensure its competitors will face the same rules," one business professor told CNBC after Meta called on rivals to protect children online.

A major lawsuit has led Meta to change the rules again for young users on Instagram and Facebook. Here’s exactly what’s changing.

Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children.

Meta Platforms' open model strategy may not limit its ability to monetize AI. Meta Platforms ( META +1.21%) is once again releasing some of its artificial intelligence (AI) models with open weights, allowing developers to download and modify them.

Meta is quietly testing robots inside its data centers, and at least one employee believes physical workers are no longer safe from automation. The experiment hints at a much larger shift in how AI spending could reshape labor costs across the entire economy.

Along with paying up to $18 billion, the social media company will also be instituting a slew of new safety features for users under 18.

Following a major legal settlement, Instagram and Facebook users under age 18 will soon have a daily two-hour limit and won't be able to see reactions on posts.

When Meta launched its increasingly popular smart glasses, it gave them one small line of defense against becoming full-on spy glasses: the “capture LED,” Meta’s terminology for the LED that lights up when you’re capturing pictures or videos.