The new Meta AI app, the Ray-Ban glasses, live translation and more: here's what you need to know about Meta's artificial intelligence plays.

Meta Platforms on Tuesday (April 29) announced a new standalone AI assistant and an application programming interface in a bid to woo businesses to more easily build AI products using its Llama artificial-intelligence models.

The announcement was made on Tuesday at Meta’s first LlamaCon developer event at its Menlo Park, California, headquarters. View on euronews

Instagram and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. posted better-than-expected results Wednesday for the first quarter thanks to strong advertising revenue on its social media platforms.

Microsoft and Meta Platforms drove Wall Street higher after delivering profits for the start of the year that were even bigger than analysts expected.

U.S. technology-related stocks including many involved in artificial intelligence rose sharply on Thursday following stronger-than-expected results from Microsoft and Meta Platforms, while investors awaited results from Apple and Amazon.