Meta, AI and Scale
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Scale co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang will lead Meta’s new superintelligence unit.
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app has become the saddest place on the internet with its public feed of personal overshares.
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Meta offered one AI researcher at least $10,000,000 to join upMark Zuckerberg reached out to our source directly Exclusive Meta has made lavish and lucrative offers to a select set of AI researchers in an effort to develop superintelligent AI.… CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has taken to emailing job offers to elite talent.
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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.
Zuckerberg is throwing pro-athlete-level salaries at top AI researchers. But for many, prestige, trust, and tribal loyalties matter more.
In a strategic move, Meta invests $14.3 billion in Scale AI, taking a 49 per cent stake in the data-labelling startup. Scale's CEO Alexandr Wang will play a key role in shaping Meta's AI future, particularly in superintelligence.
KEY TAKEAWAYS Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly is building a team of 50 AI experts aimed at beating the company's tech rivals in achieving artificial general intelligence.Citing people familiar with Zuckerberg's plans,
AI Startup Scale AI CEO Alexander Wang not only founded the most ambitious AI startup, he has built a reputation as a leader who understands AI’s technical complexities. He is also known as a person who knows how to build a business.