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Mike Schroepfer

CTO, Facebook | San Francisco Bay Area

Mike Schroepfer serves as Facebook’s chief technology officer. He previously worked at Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, before Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg hired him in 2008 to make Facebook a serious contender in the Silicon Valley arena. "I have one hand in the day-to-day and one hand in the future,” Schroepfer told Fast Company in 2015.

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Facebook’s AI for detecting hate speech is facing its biggest challenge yet

Advancements in AI have dramatically improved the company’s ability to identify written hate speech. But when it comes to rooting out hateful images, videos, and memes, Facebook’s AI has a long way to go.

Facebook’s AI for detecting hate speech is facing its biggest challenge yet

AI helped Facebook crack down on 68% more hate posts in Q1

COVID-19 has put a crimp in the company’s human-moderator operation, but it says that its algorithms are getting better at targeting harmful content.

AI helped Facebook crack down on 68% more hate posts in Q1

Facebook is five years into its AI journey

CTO Mike Schroepfer on Facebook AI Research, the progress it’s made in solving the company’s biggest problems, and the work yet to be done.

Facebook is five years into its AI journey

Facebook is doing a major executive reorg–but no one’s leaving

Chief product officer Chris Cox will now oversee WhatsApp, Messenger, and more, while CTO Mike Schroepfer’s division will run VR, AR, and AI. Messenger head David Marcus will be looking into how Facebook can leverage blockchain.

Facebook is doing a major executive reorg–but no one’s leaving

Here’s The Brain Trust Of Advisers Steering Mark Zuckerberg Through This Crisis

A look at the Facebook insiders helping guide the embattled CEO as the company moves forward and tries to regain the trust of users.

Here’s The Brain Trust Of Advisers Steering Mark Zuckerberg Through This Crisis

Facebook Names New CTO: Report

Mike Schroepfer has spent five years at Facebook working on its mobile efforts.

Facebook Names New CTO: Report

Tech

Report: Ransomware attacks cost schools more than $3.5 billion last year

Henrik Stiesdal helped create wind power as we know it. Will he usher in its next chapter?

How Avelo Airlines is building an ultra low-cost carrier that’s actually good

News

When it comes to advertising, Netflix co-CEO says it wants to be “better than TV”

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Labor strikes have doubled in the past year. Is high inflation part of the reason?

Co.Design

Milan turned 250,000 square feet of parking into public space

Why Marc Jacobs and Ohio State both fought to trademark the word ‘the’

Why are the airlines fighting so hard to own Spirit, the most beat-up brand in air travel?

Work Life

How to negotiate your salary to help with inflation

The war in Ukraine hasn’t ended. Here’s how these founders continue to build their businesses

These are the questions candidates must ask during a job interview