Mark Zuckerberg says the golden age of social media is over as platforms shift from personal connections to mass entertainment and AI-driven content.

It’s easily the most expensive hire of all time, dwarfing the billions that Google spent to rehire Noam Shazeer and his core team from Character.AI (a deal Zuckerberg passed on). “Opportunities of this magnitude often come at a cost,” Wang wrote in his note to employees this week. “In this instance, that cost is my departure.”

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is personally assembling a team to achieve a “superintelligence,” machines that are capable of surpassing human capabilities, according to a Bloomberg report.

Zuckerberg is throwing pro-athlete-level salaries at top AI researchers. But for many, prestige, trust, and tribal loyalties matter more.

The parent company of Facebook is investing $14.3 billion in Scale AI, which offers a platform and training data for developing AI models.

Meta is betting big on a new superintelligence lab, luring talent with massive paychecks and bringing in Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang—but insiders warn that deep internal dysfunction could sabotage the effort.

In a strategic move, Meta invests $14.3 billion in Scale AI, taking a 49 per cent stake in the data-labelling startup. Scale's CEO Alexandr Wang will play a key role in shaping Meta's AI future, particularly in superintelligence.

Mark Zuckerberg reached out to our source directly Exclusive Meta has made lavish and lucrative offers to a select set of AI researchers in an effort to develop superintelligent AI.… CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself has taken to emailing job offers to elite talent.