Meta, Scale AI and Alexandr Wang
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Alexandr Wang cofounded Scale AI. He's reportedly about to become a very expensive hire at Meta.
The new lab, set to include the Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under Mark Zuckerberg.
Scale AI built its business on the labor of gig workers. But those workers likely won't benefit from their new deal with Meta.
Meta is betting big on a new superintelligence lab, luring talent with massive paychecks and bringing in Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang—but insiders warn that deep internal dysfunction could sabotage the effort.
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.
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.