AGI Race AI News & Updates

Meta Forms Dedicated Superintelligence Labs Division Under New Leadership

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has restructured the company's AI efforts under a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs, explicitly focused on building AI superintelligence. The division will be led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang as chief AI officer, partnered with former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, following Meta's $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI and aggressive hiring of 11 AI researchers from competitors including Google DeepMind and Anthropic.

Meta Attempts $100M Talent Poaching Campaign Against OpenAI in AGI Race

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been attempting to recruit top AI researchers from OpenAI and Google DeepMind with compensation packages exceeding $100 million to staff Meta's new superintelligence team. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed these recruitment efforts but stated they have been largely unsuccessful, with OpenAI retaining its key talent who believe the company has a better chance of achieving AGI.

Google Co-Founder Pushes Return to Office to Win AGI Race

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has urged employees to return to the office daily, stating that this is necessary for Google to win the AGI race. Brin suggested that 60 hours of work per week is the "sweet spot" for productivity, though this message doesn't represent an official change to Google's current three-day in-office policy.