Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Spends Big on Azure OpenAI Services

We recently published a list of 15 AI News That Broke The Internet This Week. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) stands against other AI news that broke the internet this week.

AI trends are sweeping markets globally. On November 14, TikTok, the popular social media application owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, announced the availability of Symphony Creative Studios, a generative AI video creation platform it has developed, to all advertisers. According to a report by news agency Reuters, the launch is part of a larger plan by the Chinese tech giant to boost its ad business. A press release from the company indicates that some AI features included in the new platform are turning text inputs into videos, generating previews that can be edited to finalize the content, remixing, digital avatar creation, as well as translation and more.

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Meanwhile, Foxconn, the Taiwan-based company that is one of the largest contract manufacturers of electronics in the world, announced that it expects robust growth in its artificial intelligence server business next year and will increase investment in several countries amid mounting trade tensions between the US and China. Per a report by Reuters, Young Liu, the chairman of the firm, said after the quarterly earnings results that his firm would be watching to see what policies Donald Trump implements as US president. He added that Foxconn plants in Wisconsin and Texas have seen steady growth in sales on strong demand for AI servers, and the outlook for US operations was positive.

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Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Spends Big on Azure OpenAI Services

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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META)

Market Capitalization: $1.5 Trillion

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family. Tech website The Verge recently reported that Meta Platforms is one of the top customers of Azure OpenAI offerings, having spent more than $1 million on the AI services in the month of September alone. Other top customers include software firm Adobe, among others. Per the report, Meta is using Microsoft’s provisioned output for access to OpenAI models, which allows for dedicated model processing capacity instead of token-based offerings for text and image generation.

Overall, META ranks 5th on our list of AI news that broke the internet this week. While we acknowledge the potential of META as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns, and doing so within a shorter timeframe. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than META but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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