Meta begins testing first in-house AI training chip, Reuters says

Facebook owner Meta (META) is testing its first in-house chip for training artificial intelligence systems, a key milestone as it moves to design more of its own custom silicon and reduce reliance on external suppliers like Nvidia (NVDA), Reuters’ Katie Paul and Krystal Hu report, citing two sources. The world’s biggest social media company has begun a small deployment of the chip and plans to ramp up production for wide-scale use if the test goes well, the sources said. The push to develop in-house chips is part of a long-term plan at Meta to bring down its mammoth infrastructure costs as the company places expensive bets on AI tools to drive growth, the publication adds.