Zuckerberg touts enterprise AI push because Meta would never do anything to damage your reputation
The company's online businesses (excluding virtual reality) earned $50.3 billion in profits in the first half of 2026, essentially all from advertising, and its ad revenue amounted to $114.4 billion during the same period. The company has edged toward having LLMs write those ads and also imagines AI managing some aspects of advertisers' businesses – such as responding to customer inquiries. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); With the new Meta Enterprise Platform, the company is now trying to capitalize on more than the fact businesses can't help but to have a presence on its social media properties.
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- ▪The company has edged toward having LLMs write those ads and also imagines AI managing some aspects of advertisers' businesses – such as responding to customer inquiries.
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