As part of the future development of artificial intelligence (AI), Mark Zuckerberg is personally recruiting new specialists for a Meta team dedicated to general artificial intelligence (AGI). This is a much broader and futuristic field of AI that possesses the ability to understand, learn, and apply intelligence to any intellectual task that a human being can perform. It includes the ability to reason, solve problems, plan, learn from past experiences, and understand abstract concepts, just like a human being. It has recently emerged as a long-term goal of many AI researchers.
The recruitment strategy is informal: Zuckerberg has created a group chat on WhatsApp, called ‘Recruiting Party,’ inviting Meta executives to discuss potential candidates.
Meta aims to hire at least 50 people by the end of the year to form ‘Superintelligence Labs,’ an internal group focused on AGI, with the goal of catching up or surpassing human reasoning even in fields such as creativity and art.
According to Bloomberg, Meta also plans to invest more than $10 billion in Scale AI, a startup that specializes in training generative AI models. This suggests a strategic approach that combines internal development and external partnerships to accelerate progress.
Regarding the timeline for AGI, Google assumes its large-scale development and expansion by 2030, while Anthropic predicts that next-generation models could manifest as early as 2026.
However, the Wall Street Journal reported that Meta has postponed the release of “Behemoth,” its most advanced AI model. Although it was touted as superior to competitors such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, it was still deemed too immature by project managers. This indicates that despite substantial investment and effort, the road to AGI is complex and requires careful evaluation of progress.
