Meta to create a new class of shares to fund AI push
Meta to create a new class of shares to fund AI push
Meta says it’s issuing a new class of shares to fund its AI initiatives. As part of its third-quarter earnings report released on Wednesday, the company says the non-voting stock will also go toward potential acquisitions and employee compensation, with trading beginning in 2027.
Meta 表示将发行一类新股，为其人工智能计划提供资金。作为周三发布的第三季度财报的一部分，该公司称这些无投票权股票也将用于潜在的收购和员工薪酬，交易将于 2027 年开始。
“The scale of investment required to compete, sustain growth, expand infrastructure, and pursue new strategic initiatives amidst the AI transformation taking place in the industry is significant,” Meta says in the press release. Susan Li, Meta’s chief financial officer, added during an earnings call that the new class of shares will “expand our funding tools and give us flexibility to invest behind the unprecedented momentum we’re seeing across every part of our business driven by AI.”
Meta 在新闻稿中表示：“在行业正在经历人工智能转型的背景下，为了竞争、维持增长、扩展基础设施并追求新的战略举措，所需的投资规模是巨大的。”Meta 首席财务官 Susan Li 在财报电话会议上补充说，这类新股将“扩大我们的融资工具，并使我们能够灵活地投资于我们在人工智能驱动下，业务各个领域所见到的前所未有的增长势头。”
Meta has poured billions of dollars into the AI race as it builds (and promotes) sprawling data centers, poaches top talent from other companies like OpenAI, and builds AI models capable of rivaling those from other tech giants. The company expects capital expenditures between $135 billion and $145 billion this year, up from the previous $130 billion and $145 billion estimate.
Meta 在人工智能竞赛中投入了数十亿美元，用于建设（和推广）庞大的数据中心，从 OpenAI 等其他公司挖走顶尖人才，并构建能够与其他科技巨头相媲美的人工智能模型。该公司预计今年的资本支出将在 1350 亿美元至 1450 亿美元之间，高于此前 1300 亿美元至 1450 亿美元的预期。
It’s been a busy past few weeks for Meta, which launched its AI agent, Muse, in September. Like other AI agents, Muse can do things like clean out your email inbox, book restaurant reservations, and plan trips. The Muse app shot to the top of app stores shortly after its rollout, and hit 10 million downloads in the US this week. Meta also rolled out its Muse Wonder model this week.
对于 Meta 来说，过去几周非常忙碌，该公司于 9 月推出了其人工智能代理 Muse。与其他人工智能代理一样，Muse 可以执行清理电子邮件收件箱、预订餐厅和规划行程等任务。Muse 应用程序在推出后不久就冲上了应用商店榜首，本周在美国的下载量达到了 1000 万次。Meta 本周还推出了其 Muse Wonder 模型。
Muse’s launch hasn’t come without some snags. Amid concerns about user privacy, a tech YouTuber reported that the agent gave out his address to a stranger on Facebook Marketplace. The company has also had to pause Muse’s conversation-sharing feature after researchers discovered chats publicly available on the web.
Muse 的发布并非一帆风顺。在对用户隐私的担忧中，一位科技博主报道称，该代理在 Facebook Marketplace 上向陌生人泄露了他的地址。在研究人员发现聊天记录在网络上公开可见后，该公司也不得不暂停了 Muse 的对话共享功能。