Report: Meta taps Scale AI's Alexandr Wang to join new ‘superintelligence' lab

Group 1 - Meta plans to launch a new AI research lab focused on "superintelligence" to enhance its competitive edge in the AI sector [1] - The company has recruited Alexandr Wang, founder and CEO of Scale AI, to lead the new lab and is in discussions to invest billions into Scale AI [1] - Meta is actively recruiting top talent from other tech companies, including lead researchers from OpenAI and Google, to strengthen its AI capabilities [1] Group 2 - CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly frustrated with Meta's current AI performance and is personally involved in recruiting a team of around 50 AI researchers [2] - Zuckerberg aims for Meta to surpass other tech companies in the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which is the concept of AI systems exceeding human performance in various tasks [2] - Meta AI recently achieved a milestone of 1 billion monthly active users, indicating significant user engagement with its AI products [3]