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☆ Meta shows aggressive spending on AI is already paying off in big earnings beat
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

While there are still concerns about the company's aggressive AI spending, we believe these investments will pay off in the long run. Both trends were cited as the main drivers behind Meta's revenue outperformance in the quarter. Zuckerberg added that AI is opening the door to new experiences and opportunities, especially with Meta AI, which is powered by the company's large language model that is often referred to as Llama. Zuckerberg said he believes Meta AI will be the most used AI assistant in the world by year end. Management now sees capex in the range of $37 billion to $40 billion, up from its prior range of $35 billion to $40 billion.

Persons: China's ByteDance, — Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg, we'll, Ray, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: Revenue, LSEG, China's, Meta, Investment, Facebook, Realty Labs, VR, Management, CNBC, Press, AFP, Getty Locations: United States, U.S, Tokyo

☆ Nvidia is talk of the town at AI events leading into this week’s earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"We're still really early in the AI build," Niles told CNBC's "Money Matters" on Monday. "If you look at today for the AI build out, who's really driving that?" Lam Yik Fei | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPrior to the recent AI boom, Nvidia was known as the primary maker of chips used for 3D gaming. That's not to say that Nvidia is at risk of losing a ton of the AI chip business to rivals. Piper Sandler analysts expect it to keep at least 75% of the AI accelerator market, even as companies like Google build their own custom chips.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Josh Edelson, Sundar Pichai, that's, Dan Niles, Niles, We're, CNBC's, Bernstein, Mark Zuckerberg, Huang, Lam, Fei, That's, Piper Sandler, Harsh Kumar, Blackwell, Hopper, Morgan Stanley, Joseph Moore Organizations: Nvidia, Intelligence, SAP Center, Afp, Getty, Google, Blackwell, Microsoft, Meta, Niles Investment Management, Cisco, Apple, Nvidia Corp, Bloomberg Locations: San Jose , California, Redmond , Washington, Taipei, Taiwan

☆ Cathie Wood's ARK ETF is forming a bottoming pattern, poised for a breakout, according to the charts
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Frank Cappelleri | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But following more than a year of erratic behavior from Cathie Wood's flagship vehicle, the ARK Innovation Fund appears to be forming a basing pattern that could herald a breakout ahead. Bullish pattern developing However, the ETF deserves our attention from a technical perspective since it could be getting closer to breaking out of a two-year basing pattern. And as the chart shows, this has prompted a second bullish formation to be constructed – a big cup and handle pattern. If a breakout through the two-year base does occur, the odds suggest that it will get traders' attention once again. If nothing else, it's important to understand what you're investing in, especially a very active ETF like ARKK.

Persons: ARKK, That's, Price, Tesla, It's Organizations: Innovation, Google, VanEck Semiconductor, Coinbase Locations: ARKK

☆ Brad Gerstner says Meta is better positioned than the rest of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ this earnings season
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Altimeter Capital Chair and CEO Brad Gerstner said on Monday that Meta Platforms , one of his top holdings, is poised to outshine other so-called "Magnificent Seven" stocks during this busy earnings reporting week. "If there was one name that I think is better positioned this week, it's Meta," Gerstner said on CNBC's "Fast Money ." "I think people still underappreciate the commitment to efficiency at Meta." "Meta is actually deploying those AI tools to increase monetization to increase engagement for the benefit of the consumer," he said. For Big Tech earnings this week, Gerstner thinks the bar is high given how much the stocks have rallied this year.

Persons: Brad Gerstner, it's, Gerstner, Meta, —, he's, Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla Organizations: Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Big Tech Locations: Meta

For Yavuz and his counterparts, there's serious appeal in having another ad-supported app inside Meta's ad manager. Once Meta adds a check box to extend ads to Threads, ad buyers will check it. Facebook's ads, technology, and interfaces are much better than Twitter's," said Trevor Dudeck, CEO of ad agency Lemonade. "If it's just the same thing as Instagram, that's not going to be as enticing," said one executive at a major digital advertising agency. When Zuckerberg inevitably adds the Threads checkbox to Meta's ad platform, it'll be ominous for Twitter's flailing ad business.

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☆ Meta unveils A.I. 'testing playground' to help advertisers build campaigns
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Meta on Thursday announced several new tools and services, powered by artificial intelligence, to help advertisers efficiently build ads and improve campaign results. At an event in New York, Meta unveiled the AI Sandbox, which it called a "testing playground" for advertisers to use as they try out new generative AI-powered ad tools. Meta said Thursday that it's been working with a small group of advertisers on three AI Sandbox tools so far: text variation, background generation and image outcropping. Text variation generates several versions of an advertiser's copy, giving it the option to choose which might work best for certain audiences. The background generation tool also relies on text, using inputs to create images that advertisers can use as the background of their material.

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