Meta AI (Meta Superintelligence Labs)Status: Meta is aggressively positioning itself in the race, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally leading the formation of a "Superintelligence Labs" division. A $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI and the hiring of its CEO, Alexandr Wang, signal a major push. Meta has poached top talent from competitors like Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic, offering compensation packages up to $100 million.
Strengths:Massive financial resources and a strategic 49% stake in Scale AI, providing access to vast AI training data.
Open-source approach with Llama models, fostering a broad developer community.
Extensive user base across Meta’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) for deploying AI solutions.
Challenges:Playing catch-up after Llama 4’s underwhelming performance and talent losses.
Internal skepticism, notably from Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, about the feasibility of achieving superintelligence via current large language model approaches.