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PlayAI Purchase by Meta, Signaling M&A Not Slowing
Bloomberg Technology· 2025-07-25 18:52
Your investments also include Uber, Coinbase, but the air space, we think a perplexity. We also think of AI and let's just talk about that because it's recently been purchased by Metta which is on the hunt for deals, is on the hunt to lead in superintelligence. We could get more of that, Steve.Sure. Yeah, Good question. And thanks for having me on.You know, I think what's happening right now is, you know, his case is that they're looking to completely overhaul their their air research team and also their re ...
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The Economist· 2025-07-24 17:50
Economists have been trying to think through how superintelligence could reshape the world. The picture that is emerging is perhaps counterintuitive and certainly mind-boggling https://t.co/y1pNI96ZzG ...
Meta reportedly scores two more high-profile OpenAI researchers
TechCrunch· 2025-07-16 13:19
Group 1 - OpenAI researcher Jason Wei and Hyung Won Chung are set to join Meta's new Superintelligence Lab, indicating Meta's aggressive strategy to attract top talent in the AI field [1][2] - Wei's expertise lies in o3 and deep research models, while Chung focuses on reasoning and agents, both having previously collaborated at Google [2] - Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly offering substantial compensation packages to lure these researchers as part of the company's efforts to advance in the race towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) [1][2] Group 2 - The internal Slack profiles of Wei and Chung at OpenAI have been deactivated, suggesting their transition to Meta is imminent [1] - The recruitment strategy appears to favor hiring teams that have previously worked together, reflecting a trend in tech talent acquisition [2]
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta to invest hundreds of billions on data centers after poaching top AI talent
New York Post· 2025-07-14 16:05
Core Insights - Meta plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in building massive AI data centers aimed at achieving superintelligence, reflecting a competitive push for top AI talent [1][4] - The company has reorganized its AI initiatives under a new division called Superintelligence Labs, which is expected to create new revenue streams from various AI applications [2] - Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg emphasized the strength of the company's core advertising business to support this significant investment, despite investor concerns about potential returns [4][5] Investment and Infrastructure - Meta is on track to develop a 1-gigawatt-plus supercluster for training advanced AI models, with plans for multiple multi-gigawatt data center clusters [5][6] - The first data center, named Prometheus, is expected to be operational by 2026, while another, Hyperion, will have the capacity to scale up to 5 gigawatts [6] - The company has increased its capital expenditure forecast for 2025 to between $64 billion and $72 billion to strengthen its competitive position against rivals like OpenAI and Google [9] Talent Acquisition and Leadership - Zuckerberg has led an aggressive recruitment strategy for the Superintelligence Labs, which will be headed by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang and ex-GitHub chief Nat Friedman [8] - Meta has also made moves to acquire a minority stake in funds managed by Friedman and tech investor Daniel Gross through a tender offer [9]
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-10 04:10
AI Development - Mark Zuckerberg is providing AI researchers with significant computational resources, including powerful chips, to advance model development [1] - The initiative aims to potentially achieve superintelligence [1]
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-09 22:42
Meta has made unusually high compensation offers to new members of its "superintelligence" team — including a more than $200 million package for a former Apple distinguished engineer https://t.co/LLvbZbaKIs ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-03 20:07
Move over, AGI. Silicon Valley has a new favorite buzzword: "superintelligence" https://t.co/5IDcrCrQO5 ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-07-03 07:33
RT Saritha Rai (@SarithaRai)An influential AI voice questions Zuckerberg's Superintelligence group spending spreeHelen Toner, former OpenAI board member -Q: Can this turn around Meta’s fortunes, turn it into a real AI juggernaut?A: It’ll be difficulthttps://t.co/t8ahSQ8yJL@business @haslindatv#AI https://t.co/njjXbKAo1p ...
Peter Thiel on the Origins of Modern AI: It was always US vs China
All-In Podcast· 2025-07-02 21:51
AI Development History - The AI debate in the 2010s was framed by two books: one predicting superhuman intelligence and the other focusing on AI as surveillance tech [1][2] - Reality, exemplified by LLMs and ChatGPT, fell between these extremes, aligning with the traditional definition of AI as passing the Turing test [2][3] - ChatGPT's ability to pass the Turing test is considered a significant achievement [3]