Instagram now has 3 billion monthly active users, up from 2 billion in 2022

Meta’s Instagram now has 3 billion monthly active users, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, up a billion from the last time it reported that number in 2022. Since then, the company has stopped regularly breaking out user numbers for its individual properties, as overall growth slowed.

Why start reporting again? Three billion is certainly a big milestone! But it’s also notable that Instagram is facing some pretty steep competition from TikTok in the US, ahead of a US consortium acquiring the Chinese social media company’s domestic operations.

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Disney+ has gone from one of the cheapest to one of the most expensive streaming services

Since Disney+ launched in 2019, its price has gone up 172%. A combined Disney+ and Hulu app paves the way for future price increases.

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Report: Nvidia may lease its chips to OpenAI as part of deal

Why buy when you can rent for cheaper? That’s the thinking behind a new report from The Information that says as part of its blockbuster $100 billion investment, Nvidia is in discussions with OpenAI to lease GPUs to the company as it races to build massive data centers as part of its Stargate plan.

According to The Information, leasing GPUs from Nvidia would effectively lower the cost by 10% to 15% and protect OpenAI from owning technology infrastructure that could soon become obsolete.

While OpenAI is pulling in serious revenue, it expects to burn through $115 billion by 2029, The Information reports. Leasing the costly GPUs the company needs would reduce the amount of money it would have to raise.

In OpenAI Megadeal, Nvidia Discusses a New Business Model: Chip Leasing

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announce five new AI data center sites, putting Stargate ahead of schedule

Two of the sites will be in Texas, one in New Mexico, one in Ohio, and one in the Midwest.

Clash of the titans: Here are the biggest AI data center projects

Hyperion, Colossus, Prometheus, and Stargate. Our guide to the GPUs and gigawatts that make up the largest AI infrastructure projects in the industry.

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Meta launches federal super PAC to fight state AI policy proposals

Meta has launched a federal super PAC called the American Technology Excellence Project, spending “tens of millions” of dollars to fight what it considers “onerous AI and tech policy bills across the country,” Axios reports. Last month, Meta launched a California super PAC to back pro-AI candidates in the state.

Silicon Valley in general has been rushing behind pro-AI PACs, seeking to fight proposals like Senator Mark Kelly’s that would force AI companies to foot some of the bill for the societal ills they cause.

Exclusive: Meta launches super PAC to fight AI regulation

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