Meta's new AI lab aims to deliver 'personal superintelligence for everyone' - whatever that means

Meta has launched a new internal R&D division devoted to building artificial superintelligence, Bloomberg reported on Monday.

The division, called Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), will be led by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, the former CEOs of Scale AI and GitHub, respectively. It will also be joined by seven ex-OpenAI engineers, according to an internal memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg obtained by CNBC. Meta's plans to launch the new division were first reported last month.

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"As the pace of AI progress accelerates, developing superintelligence is coming into sight," Zuckerberg wrote in the memo. "I believe this will be the beginning of a new era for humanity, and I am fully committed to doing what it takes for Meta to lead the way." OpenAI CEO ...