Christopher Cox

Chief Product Officer, Meta Platforms

Search every verified Christopher Cox interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. At Meta’s Connect conference in September 2024, Cox unveiled the Orion augmented reality glasses prototype, which he described as “the most advanced pair of glasses ever made.” He said the glasses project a holographic display and allow users to make eye contact, summon a screen, watch video, and have video calls. Cox stated that Meta has been investing in the technology to explore “what comes after the smartphone” and that the same business model used for smartphones applies to the device category. He also announced Meta AI Voice, a feature that lets users talk to Meta’s AI assistant, and noted that over 400 million downloads have integrated with the company’s AI tools. In earlier appearances, Cox discussed Meta’s approach to AI and the metaverse. At Bloomberg Tech in May 2024, he said the company open-sourced its LLaMA large language model and argued that open source benefits a large number of people, while acknowledging that as investment levels increase, “there just needs to be more scrutiny on open source.” During a January 2023 Senate hearing, Cox stated that it is “sometimes appropriate to be in contact with government and with government organizations” and that balancing free expression with public safety is a difficult issue the company is committed to working on with outside experts. He has also described the metaverse as “the next version of the internet that gets less flat” and said Meta is developing hardware and operating systems because “this stuff doesn’t exist in the world.”