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Kevin Okemwa

Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Superintelligence Labs — with a battalion of AI gurus poached from OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind to try and secure an AGI win

Mark Zuckerberg Meta Google Meta Superintelligence Labs OpenAI DeepMind Nat Friedman United States Alexandr Wang Gemini
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Over the past few weeks, Meta has seemingly been taking an "all gas, no brakes" approach, trying to chase down the AI bubble and catch up with rivals like Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft, which seemingly have a significant lead in the landscape.

First order of business, Mark Zuckerberg invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hired CEO Alexandr Wang to co-lead operations in Meta's new superintelligence lab alongside former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman.

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