Meta has launched an aggressive campaign to recruit top-tier engineers, including talent from competitors like Google, to accelerate its pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Mark Zuckerberg is personally creating a 50-person “superintelligence” AI team amid frustration over Meta’s stalled AI progress.

Meta has appointed Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, to head a new AI research lab focused on achieving "superintelligence." At just 28, Wang will oversee a team assembled by Mark Zuckerberg, who is offering lucrative compensation packages to attract top talent from leading companies like OpenAI and Google.

Meta is struggling to retain AI talent, losing experts to rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic despite offering high salaries. Anthropic leads in retention due to its culture of independence and open debate,

Alexandr Wang finds himself at the centre of a potential $15 billion shake-up as Meta looks to regain its competitive edge. But is artificial superintelligence the answer?

AFP Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly establishing a new, secretive artificial intelligence research lab dedicated to achieving “superintelligence,” a hypothetical AI system that surpasses ...