Meta scales up AI push
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Meta invests in Scale AI, taps CEO for 'superintelligence' push
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is investing a “significant” amount in Scale AI and hiring the artificial intelligence (AI) company’s CEO, Alexandr Wang.
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The investment, reportedly worth about $14 billion, will bring the 28-year-old tech founder on board to help with Meta’s “superintelligence efforts.”
“Meta has finalized our strategic partnership and investment in Scale AI,” Meta said in a statement. “As part of this, we will deepen the work we do together producing data for AI models and Alexandr Wang will join Meta to work on our superintelligence efforts.”
Scale AI, founded by Wang in 2016,........
