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• @marypcbuk Mary Branscombe on bluesky

  Kurzweil has been quiet for a while so I guess I have a new marker for the imminent announcement of ‘research discovering the human brain is way more complex than our previous research showed’ [embedded post]

• @kylehugh.es Kyle Hughes on bluesky

  As a user I...  want the Hot or Not company to build God [embedded post]

• @paulwaldman Paul Waldman on bluesky

  Zuckerberg is clearly concerned about Meta falling behind in the great race to create the Torment Nexus  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/t...

• @earlkmiller Earl K. Miller on bluesky

  This: “entirely new ideas are needed to reach this lofty goal”.  Brains work entirely differently from current AI.  Brains are not digital computers.  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/t...  #neuroscience

• @justinhendrix Justin Hendrix on bluesky

  “Meta is preparing to unveil a new artificial intelligence research lab dedicated to pursuing ‘superintelligence,’ a hypothetical A.I. system that exceeds the powers of the human brain, as the tech giant jockeys to stay competitive in the technology race...”

• @lauridonahue Lauri Donahue on bluesky

  “Meta has offered seven- to nine-figure compensation packages to dozens of researchers from leading A.I. companies such as OpenAI and Google, with some agreeing to join, according to the people.”  —  Classic example of “throw money at it”...  [embedded post]

• @joshsternberg.com Josh Sternberg on bluesky

  FB's pivot to video crippled the media industry.  FB's pivot to Web3/VR has been a $60 billion loss for the company.  What makes the company think this new strand of spaghetti on the wall will stick?  —  www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/t...

• @millerlabmit Earl K. Miller on x

  This: “entirely new ideas are needed to reach this lofty goal”. Brains work entirely differently from current AI. Brains are not digital computers. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  Meta knows it made the Trillion-Dollar Mistake (betting against LLMs) and is trying to spend $$$ to recover. The issue they're going to run into is that top AI researchers are already rich, and most don't want to work on AI friends for teens or headsets for the military.

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  This would be a super gutsy move by Meta considering report of DOJ's investigation into its Character dot ai deal. Both reports and deals seem very similar for two companies in district court(s) for antitrust enforcement action. [image]

• @garymarcus Gary Marcus on x

  Not exactly a vote of confidence in Yann LeCun? [image]

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  good morning to folks in the valley waking up to this late night story drop one thing: there's some question among would-be recruits if meta can remain a good long term actor in the space If you're a doomer or concerned about building AGI, do you want to do that at meta?

• @david_kasten Dave Kasten on x

  Weird how NYT writes that one of the most successful tech companies of all time is working on superintelligence, and then immediately says that even artificial general intelligence “is an ambition with no clear path to success.” Well, Facebook M&A rolls to disbelieve.

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  Zuckerberg's secret weapon all day long is money. And he knows it. he can throw wheelbarrows of cash and stock at a very small talent pool. startups cannot do this in the same way without constantly raising more cash. Google and Microsoft, on the other hand....

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  but there are limits to money, and what a lot of the top labs have are important: true believers for some folks who are already getting paid more money than they could ever spend in a lifetime, ideology is more important than zeros in a paycheck

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  Whether or not this strategy works, it's interesting that AGI/ASI has become such a powerful concept that tech companies have to believe in it (or at least pretend to) in order to have a shot at hiring good researchers.

• @typedfemale @typedfemale on x

  meta saw everyone else was betting on scale and got confused

• @edans Enrique Dans on x

  I don't think I need to tell you that if Meta and Mark Zuckerberg achieve superintelligence, we are all completely screwed... https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  talent market for top AI researchers right now is “unlike anything folks have ever seen” according to sources ceos of top AI companies cold emailing twentysomething year old kids who have spent years working on frontier AI models with multimillion dollar offers

• @luke_metro @luke_metro on x

  Paying $$$ for top AI researchers is the name of the game but Scale seems like a weird choice here. Great business, but not really known as a research lab despite marketing. Fresh start is good but $10B for this versus OpenAI/Anthropic VPs is ... not an obvious slam dunk IMO.

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  NEWS: Meta building a “Superintelligence” team to revamp its AI division investing $10+ billion in Scale AI —founder Alexandr Wang will join meta to help run the new division Meta throwing around billions to recruit top AI talent w/ @CadeMetz https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @ericnewcomer Eric Newcomer on x

  👀 dont fully understand but interesting

• @distributionat @distributionat on x

  bruhhh alex wang is leaving Scale AI to join meta???? https://x.com/... [image]

• r/singularity r on reddit

  Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’

• r/BetterOffline r on reddit

  Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’

• @karlbode.com Karl Bode on bluesky

  zuckerberg has set billions of dollars on fire on gibberish and copycat garbage, can't competently manage the scale of his primary business, has zero ethics or original ideas, and can't innovate his way out of a paper bag  —  yet U.S. “business journalism” never makes any of that…

• @kateclarktweets Kate Clark on x

  Some great new details on Zuckerberg's efforts to create a new “superintelligence group” at Meta from @rileyraygriffin & @KurtWagner8 https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @wexler Nu Wexler on x

  This is a big deal at MPK: “He's rearranged desks at the company's Menlo Park headquarters so the new staff will sit near him ...” https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @pstasiatech Paul Triolo on x

  Frustrated Zuckerberg hiring to create new AI team @ Meta ...has prioritized recruiting for secretive team, referred to internally as a “superintelligence group”. Zuck: Meta can outstrip other tech firms in achieving artificial general intelligence. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• r/LocalLLaMA r on reddit

  Mark Zuckerberg Personally Hiring to Create New “Superintelligence” AI Team

• r/technology r on reddit

  Mark Zuckerberg Personally Hiring to Create New “Superintelligence” AI Team

• r/singularity r on reddit

  Mark Zuckerberg Personally Hiring to Create New “Superintelligence” AI Team

• @edzitron.com Ed Zitron on bluesky

  Ohhh it was a soft acquisition!  Very interesting.  So Scale A.I. is basically Meta now?  Has the consolidation begun?  Alex Wang (their CEO) is now a Meta exec?  Very weird [embedded post]

• @nathanbenaich Nathan Benaich on x

  so basically meta is buying scale ai, but below a threshold to trigger reviews etc [image]