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Meta offered one AI researcher at least $10,000,000 to join upMark Zuckerberg reached out to our source directly Exclusive Meta has made lavish and lucrative offers to a select set of AI researchers in an effort to develop superintelligent AI.… CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has taken to emailing job offers to elite talent.
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta AI app has become the saddest place on the internet with its public feed of personal overshares.
In a strategic move, Meta invests $14.3 billion in Scale AI, taking a 49 per cent stake in the data-labelling startup. Scale's CEO Alexandr Wang will play a key role in shaping Meta's AI future, particularly in superintelligence.
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Meta is betting big on a new superintelligence lab, luring talent with massive paychecks and bringing in Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang—but insiders warn that deep internal dysfunction could sabotage the effort.
Zuckerberg is throwing pro-athlete-level salaries at top AI researchers. But for many, prestige, trust, and tribal loyalties matter more.
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Can Alexandr Wang save Meta?As part of the deal, Alexandr Wang is leaving Scale for Meta, where he’ll work on a new “superintelligence” team (presumably in a leadership role). This isn’t a typical acquihire: only “around four Scale employees” are expected to join Meta,
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally assembling a team to achieve a “superintelligence,” machines that are capable of surpassing human capabilities, according to a Bloomberg report.
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The new poaching initiative is part of Mark Zuckerberg’s larger strategy to compete with AI leaders like OpenAI and Google.
Zuckerberg has said the company aimed to build an AI one-stop shop where businesses can set goals, allocate budgets and let the platform handle the logistics.
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The Cool Down on MSNMark Zuckerberg sparks outrage after details of lavish trips come to light: 'A moral crime'"As long as he is wealthy, he is happy." Mark Zuckerberg sparks outrage after details of lavish trips come to light: 'A moral crime' first appeared on The Cool Down.