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Jul 02 from https://fortune.com/section/tech/

Key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg's memo on Meta's 'Superintelligence' AI push and big hires

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a major overhaul of Meta’s AI efforts in a memo to staff on Monday, including a clutch of significant hires from rival AI companies. The restructuring comes after Meta has struggled in recent months to stay at the cutting edge of AI. Zuckerberg has largely staked Meta’s future on the rapidly-evolving technology, saying the company will spend between $64...

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Jul 01 from https://www.wired.com/

Here’s What Mark Zuckerberg Is Offering Top AI Talent

As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s offered top tier research talent pay packages of up to $300 million over four years, with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year, WIRED has learned. Meta has made at least 10 staggeringly high offers to OpenAI staffers, sources say. One high ranking researcher was pitched on the role of chief...

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Jul 01 from https://www.technologyreview.com/

What comes next for AI copyright lawsuits?

There are dozens of similar copyright lawsuits working through the courts right now, with cases filed against all the top players—not only Anthropic and Meta but Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, and more. On the other side, plaintiffs range from individual artists and authors to large companies like Getty and the New York Times. The outcomes of these cases are set to have an enormous impact on the...

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Jun 30 from https://fortune.com/section/tech/

Mark Zuckerberg overhauled Meta’s entire AI org in a risky, multibillion-dollar bet on ’superintelligence’

Mark Zuckerberg is stacking the deck in the AI race, betting that unlimited capital, top talent, and raw computing power will ensure victory. If the winning hand Zuckerberg is chasing—AI “superintelligence”—is still very much a vague and theoretical concept, the Meta CEO’s remarkable series of moves unveiled Monday instantly changed the reality for everyone else in the game, particularly the...

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