Report: Meta taps Scale AI's Alexandr Wang to join new 'superintelligence' lab | TechCrunch
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Meta is set to open a new AI research lab aiming at superintelligence to compete effectively in the AI landscape. The initiative is led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has expressed frustration with the company's current capabilities. To bolster its workforce, Meta has engaged Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang and is in negotiations to invest billions into Scale AI, potentially relocating its employees to Meta. This move comes as Zuckerberg is personally recruiting top talent in AI from companies like OpenAI and Google.
Meta has been in talks to invest billions into Scale AI as part of a deal that would bring Scale AI employees to Meta.
Zuckerberg believes Meta can and should outpace other tech companies gunning to achieve AGI, the still-undefined idea that AI systems could exceed human performance in many tasks.
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