"In June, Mark Zuckerberg went for the ultimate Hail Mary in the ever-intensifying AI race: He spun up a brand-new Meta AI lab after making a $14.3 billion acquisition of Scale AI - and then spending billions more hiring some of the industry's preeminent researchers and engineers. Fast-forward a couple of months, and Zuckerberg may have recruited the talent, but now the question is whether he'll be able to keep it from slipping through his fingers."
"For that, we'll have to wait and see. After all, Meta rebranded its entire AI division as "Meta Superintelligence Labs," a division of thousands of people. One team within that division - the team we've been hearing about the most, staffed by industry-leading AI researchers tasked with achieving superintelligence - is dubbed the "TBD Lab." Of that team, just one active staffer, Ethan Knight, has left so far, Meta spokesperson Dave Arnold confirmed to The Verge. Knight left less than a month after joining."
Mark Zuckerberg created a new Meta AI lab after acquiring Scale AI for $14.3 billion and investing further billions to hire top researchers and engineers. Meta rebranded its AI division as 'Meta Superintelligence Labs,' a division that employs thousands. A high-profile team within that division, the 'TBD Lab,' focuses on pursuing superintelligence. Only one active TBD Lab staffer, Ethan Knight, left less than a month after joining. Two individuals reported as having left the TBD Lab, Avi Verma and Rishabh Agarwal, never actually started roles with the lab. Questions remain about Meta's ability to retain newly hired talent.
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