SMRTR AIJun 14, 2025The Verge

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s AI hiring spree

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Mark Zuckerberg is personally recruiting top AI researchers for a new "superintelligence" lab at Meta, offering substantial compensation and autonomy. This aggressive hiring from competitors like Google and OpenAI is causing industry-wide ripples. Meta's existing AI efforts have lagged, prompting this push. The new team, likely led by high-profile hires such as former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, is expected to be unveiled soon.

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