Meta Superintelligence Labs – Milestones
Key milestones and important events in Meta Superintelligence Labs's history.
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Meta Poaches Top AI Talent
Meta aggressively recruited top AI researchers from rival firms including OpenAI (Ji Lin, Hongyu Ren, Jiahui Yu, Trapit Bansal, Suchao Bi, Huiwen Chang), Google DeepMind (Jack Rae, Pei Sun), and Apple (Mark Lee, Tom Gunter, Ruoming Pang).
Shengjia Zhao Appointed Chief Scientist
Former OpenAI engineer Shengjia Zhao was appointed chief scientist of Meta's Superintelligence Lab, tasked with setting the research agenda and scientific direction.
Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman Appointed Co-Leads
Alexandr Wang, former CEO of Scale AI, and Nat Friedman, former head of GitHub, were announced as co-leads of Meta's new Superintelligence Lab.
Formation of Meta Superintelligence Team
Meta Platforms officially formed the Meta Superintelligence Team (MSL) to accelerate its efforts in developing advanced artificial intelligence, with Mark Zuckerberg personally spearheading the initiative.
Meta Invests in Scale AI
Meta invested $14.3 billion to acquire a 49% stake in Scale AI, a company specializing in labeling data for AI systems, as part of its superintelligence development strategy.