Meta forecasted it would make $1.4T in revenue from generative AI by 2035

Core Insights - Meta predicts its generative AI products will generate between $2 billion and $3 billion in revenue by 2025, and between $460 billion and $1.4 trillion by 2035 [1][2] Group 1: Revenue and Financial Projections - The company has revenue-sharing agreements with certain firms that host its open Llama collection of models [3] - Meta's generative AI budget was over $900 million in 2024 and is expected to exceed $1 billion in 2025, excluding infrastructure costs [4] - Meta plans to spend $60 billion to $80 billion on capital expenditures in 2025, primarily for new data centers [4] Group 2: Legal and Ethical Considerations - The court documents reveal that Meta is facing lawsuits from book authors who claim unauthorized training of AI on their works [2][5] - Meta allegedly considered spending over $200 million to acquire training data for Llama, with around $100 million allocated for books, but opted for alternative methods [5]