Superintelligence 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 Recruits OpenAI's Key Reasoning Model Researcher for AI Superintelligence Unit

Meta has hired Trapit Bansal, a key OpenAI researcher who helped develop the o1 reasoning model and worked on reinforcement learning with co-founder Ilya Sutskever. Bansal joins Meta's AI superintelligence unit alongside other high-profile leaders as Mark Zuckerberg offers $100 million compensation packages to attract top AI talent.

Meta Successfully Recruits Three OpenAI Researchers to Superintelligence Team Despite Altman's Dismissal

Meta has successfully recruited three OpenAI researchers - Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai - to join its superintelligence team, as part of Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive hiring campaign offering $100+ million compensation packages. This represents a notable win in the talent war between major AI companies, though Meta's efforts to recruit OpenAI's co-founders have been unsuccessful so far.

Meta Attempts to Acquire Ilya Sutskever's AI Startup, Pivots to Hiring Key Executives

Meta unsuccessfully attempted to acquire Safe Superintelligence, the $32 billion AI startup co-founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. The company is now in talks to hire the startup's CEO Daniel Gross and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, while also taking a stake in their joint venture firm NFDG.

Major AI Companies Withdraw from Scale AI Partnership Following Meta's Large Investment

Google is reportedly planning to end its $200 million contract with Scale AI, with Microsoft and OpenAI also pulling back from the data annotation startup. This withdrawal follows Meta's $14.3 billion investment for a 49% stake in Scale AI, with Scale's CEO joining Meta to develop "superintelligence."

Meta Invests $14.3 Billion in Scale AI for 49% Stake, CEO Joins Meta's Superintelligence Efforts

Meta has invested approximately $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in data-labeling company Scale AI, valuing the startup at $29 billion. Scale AI's co-founder and CEO Alexandr Wang is joining Meta to work on the company's superintelligence efforts, while Scale AI remains an independent entity with Jason Droege as interim CEO.

Meta Invests $15B in Scale AI and Forms New Superintelligence Lab

Meta is reportedly investing nearly $15 billion in data labeling firm Scale AI, taking a 49% stake and bringing CEO Alexandr Wang to lead a new "superintelligence" lab. The move comes as Meta struggles to compete with rivals like OpenAI and Google, following disappointments with its Llama 4 models and significant talent attrition to other AI labs. The deal aims to address Meta's data innovation challenges and accelerate its AI capabilities development.

Meta Establishes Dedicated Superintelligence Research Lab with Scale AI Partnership

Meta is launching a new AI research lab focused on "superintelligence" and has recruited Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang to join the initiative. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally recruiting top AI talent from OpenAI and Google, aiming to build a 50-person team to compete in the race toward AGI.

Safe Superintelligence Startup Partners with Google Cloud for AI Research

Ilya Sutskever's AI safety startup, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), has established Google Cloud as its primary computing provider, using Google's TPU chips to power its AI research. SSI, which launched in June 2024 with $1 billion in funding, is focused exclusively on developing safe superintelligent AI systems, though specific details about their research approach remain limited.

Deep Cogito Unveils Open Hybrid AI Models with Toggleable Reasoning Capabilities

Deep Cogito has emerged from stealth mode introducing the Cogito 1 family of openly available AI models featuring hybrid architecture that allows switching between standard and reasoning modes. The company claims these models outperform existing open models of similar size and will soon release much larger models up to 671 billion parameters, while explicitly stating its ambitious goal of building "general superintelligence."