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Internal Turmoil and Low Morale Plague Meta's Applied AI Team
Reports indicate widespread frustration within Meta's recently formed Applied AI unit, where 6,500 engineers were drafted to generate training data for AI models. Employees describe the work as highly repetitive and have...
Meta's $14.3B Scale AI Partnership Shows Early Strain Amid Quality Concerns and Executive Departures
Meta's $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI is showing signs of strain just two months after the partnership began, with key executives departing and Meta's TBD Labs preferring competitors like Surge AI and Mercor for da...
Tesla Shuts Down Dojo AI Supercomputer Project, Pivots to AI6 Chips
Elon Musk confirmed Tesla has disbanded its Dojo AI training supercomputer team and shelved the second-generation D2 chip development. Tesla is now consolidating resources to focus on AI5 and AI6 chips manufactured by TS...
Tesla Discontinues Dojo AI Supercomputer Project, Shifts to External Partners
Tesla is shutting down its Dojo AI training supercomputer project and disbanding the team, with lead engineer Peter Bannon leaving the company. The company is pivoting to rely more heavily on external partners like Nvidi...
Meta Considers $10+ Billion Investment in Scale AI Data Labeling Company
Meta is reportedly in talks to invest over $10 billion in Scale AI, a company that provides data labeling services for training AI models to major tech companies including Microsoft and OpenAI. This would represent Meta'...