US EditionMark Zuckerberg Says ‘Superintelligence’ Is Imminent. What Is It?
UNITED STATES, AUG 3 – Meta offered up to $1 billion to AI experts but faced multiple rejections, highlighting challenges in competing with rivals offering greater autonomy, according to recent reports.
- In June, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched Meta Superintelligence Labs aiming for artificial general intelligence, marking his bid for a new AI frontier.
- Building on limited breakthroughs, Nvidia and US universities' Minecraft bot Voyager in 2023 learned to rewrite its own code using OpenAI's GPT-4 LLM, demonstrating early self-improvement milestones.
- Meta extended offers worth up to $1 billion to Thinking Machines Lab staffers, but all were declined despite Zuckerberg hosting meetings at his Lake Tahoe and Palo Alto residences.
- In a stunning setback, Meta’s push has hit a wall as high-profile rejections and Wccftech reports highlight that financial firepower alone cannot attract top AI talent.
- Looking ahead, as Meta lavishes billions on AI to integrate into millions of lives, these recruiting failures signal a need for strategic recalibration while rivals like Mira Murati’s lab lure experts with autonomy.
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