Anduril Industries and Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey accused Meta Platforms Inc.'s CTO Andrew Bosworth of lying and spreading false information about him.
What Happened: Luckey has publicly accused Bosworth of spreading false information about him.
He has called out Bosworth for reposting claims that he donated to white supremacists and for suggesting that anyone who supports former President Donald Trump because they don’t like Hillary Clinton is a "shitty human being."
Luckey also pointed out that Bosworth contradicted himself by claiming that his departure had nothing to do with politics, despite internal communications suggesting otherwise.
"Can I post my original statement, the one that was explicitly rejected on account of saying negative things about Hillary Clinton…?"
He further challenged Bosworth’s claim that he wasn’t pressured into saying anything untrue and that any mention of politics and who he was voting for was up to him.
"Maybe you are lying, maybe you are just ignorant and willing to launder the lies of others."
What triggered the discussion was a post by video game company id Software co-founder and former CTO of Oculus VR, John Carmack, who said he regrets "not doing more to support and defend" Luckey during the 2016-2018 period when Facebook, now Meta Platforms, was mired in an internal battle among employees about their political views.
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During this period, Facebook was also rocked by the Cambridge Analytica scandal that led to a $725 million settlement.
From VR To AI-Powered Defense: Luckey, who founded Oculus VR and sold it to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion, is currently working on developing an "electronic" border wall.
Luckey has since gone on to found Anduril, a defense technology company, and has been vocal about his political views and the role of technology in warfare.
His company is According to Luckey, Anduril is working on AI weapons that could have as great an impact on warfare as the atomic bomb.
“We want to build the capabilities that give us the ability to swiftly win any war we are forced to enter,” he told the Financial Times.
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