Meta's Zuckerberg hiring to form 'superintelligence' AI team
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The planned deal is part of a broader revamp of Meta’s AI leadership after its struggles to build the technology.
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is bringing in Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang to help the social media company better execute on its AI ambitions.
Meta has developed plans to create a new artificial intelligence research lab dedicated to pursuing "superintelligence," according to reporting from The New York Times. The social media giant chose 28-year-old Alexandr Wang,
Meta’s decision to create an ambitious new “superintelligence” AI research lab headed by Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang is a bold bid for relevance in its fierce AI battle with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
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The Meta CEO is said to be hiring about 50 members for a new team working on AI-driven projects including artificial general intelligence.
Tariffs may be leaving a cloud over the stock market, but tech companies continue their upward climb, buoyed by investor excitement around artificial intelligence. On Tuesday, Meta’s share price rose 1.20% amid reports that Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant planned to invest around $15 billion into the startup Scale AI.
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Meta eyes a $10 billion deal with Scale AI, signaling a stronger push for A.I. research and innovation, with potential shifts in the tech industry’s power dynamics.