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Meta is making a significant move in the artificial intelligence race, investing $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in data-labeling startup Scale AI. This deal is more than just a financial investment; it brings Scale AI's CEO, 28-year-old Alexandr Wang, into Meta to lead a new "superintelligence" lab. The move highlights Meta's ambition to develop AI that surpasses human capabilities across multiple domains and is a calculated gamble to regain momentum in the competitive AI landscape. Meta is aiming for an AI reset and hopes that Scale's Wang is the right partner.
This acquisition reflects Meta's strategic shift towards building partnerships and leveraging external talent. Scale AI isn't a well-known name to the general public, but it's a vital component in the AI industry, providing the labeled training data that powers many AI systems, including those used by OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and even the U.S. Department of Defense. Meta has agreed to dramatically increase its spending with Scale, but one person said Scale expects some other companies like Google and OpenAI will stop using Scale's services for fear of Meta using information about their usage to gain a competitive advantage.
The "superintelligence" lab is part of a larger reorganization of Meta's AI divisions, aimed at sharpening the company's focus after facing internal challenges and criticism over its AI product releases. Meta, under CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has been heavily investing in AI infrastructure and product development since the rise of ChatGPT, launching its own large language model family, Llama. Zuckerberg has been personally recruiting top researchers to boost its AI efforts. The new lab will focus on developing a theoretical form of AI that surpasses human cognitive capabilities, a long-term and highly speculative goal that Meta is now seriously pursuing.
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This acquisition reflects Meta's strategic shift towards building partnerships and leveraging external talent. Scale AI isn't a well-known name to the general public, but it's a vital component in the AI industry, providing the labeled training data that powers many AI systems, including those used by OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and even the U.S. Department of Defense. Meta has agreed to dramatically increase its spending with Scale, but one person said Scale expects some other companies like Google and OpenAI will stop using Scale's services for fear of Meta using information about their usage to gain a competitive advantage.
The "superintelligence" lab is part of a larger reorganization of Meta's AI divisions, aimed at sharpening the company's focus after facing internal challenges and criticism over its AI product releases. Meta, under CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has been heavily investing in AI infrastructure and product development since the rise of ChatGPT, launching its own large language model family, Llama. Zuckerberg has been personally recruiting top researchers to boost its AI efforts. The new lab will focus on developing a theoretical form of AI that surpasses human cognitive capabilities, a long-term and highly speculative goal that Meta is now seriously pursuing.
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- siliconangle.com: Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly forming a new lab to develop superintelligence, a term for artificial intelligence models that can outperform humans at many tasks.
- THE DECODER: Meta might invest $10 billion in Scale AI, following the company's underwhelming Llama 4 launch earlier this year.
- AIwire: Meta Taps Scale AI CEO to Lead New Superintelligence Lab
- Maginative: Meta has acquired a 49% stake in data-labeling startup Scale AI for $14.3 billion, bringing CEO Alexandr Wang on board to lead a new "superintelligence" lab as the company scrambles to catch up in the AI race.
- SiliconANGLE: Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang departs to join Meta after securing multibillion-dollar investment
- www.artificialintelligence-news.com: Meta buys stake in Scale AI, raising antitrust concerns
- Charlie Fink: Meta’s Scale AI Bet, Hollywood Sues AI, XR Industry Readies AR Glasses
Classification:
- HashTags: #Meta #AI #Superintelligence
- Company: Meta
- Target: AI Community
- Product: Llama
- Feature: AI development
- Type: AI
- Severity: Informative