Meta is assembling an elite new AI lab for its recommendations division

Meta is building a team of elite AI researchers to optimize the powerful algorithms that keep people's eyeballs glued to Facebook and Instagram, according to job listings and LinkedIn posts. The team, MRS Research, is part of Meta Recommendation Systems, which runs the home feeds in Meta's apps, and the unit has already drawn talent from TikTok and Amazon. MRS builds the algorithms that determine what kinds of content people see and works closely with the company's Ads division.MRS Research formed as part ...