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.”

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

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.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said earlier this year that his company will be investing heavily in artificial intelligence in 2025. And on Thursday, he put his money where his mouth is, with the parent company of Facebook and Instagram investing $14.

Welcome to Tech In Depth, our daily newsletter with reporting and analysis about the business of tech from Bloomberg’s journalists around the world. Today, Kurt Wagner assesses Mark Zuckerberg’s record when he goes into “founder mode.

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.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now taking personal control of a bold and secretive mission: building a superintelligent AI that could outperform human capabilities. According to a Bloomberg report, Zuckerberg is forming a handpicked team to pursue this ambitious vision,

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