Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledges to build out artificial general intelligence
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Meta is getting more serious about its place in the growing AI arms race.
Meta is getting more serious about securing its place in the growing AI arms race. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that Meta plans to build its own artificial general intelligence, known as AGI, which is artificial intelligence that meets or surpasses human intelligence in almost all areas. He said the company then plans to open it up to developers. In a video posted to Meta’s social network Threads, Zuckerberg said building the best AI for chatbots, creators and businesses requires more advancement in AI across the board. “It’s become clearer that the next generation of services requires building full general intelligence,” he said. “Our long term vision is to build general intelligence, open source it responsibly, and make it widely available so everyone can benefit,” he added in a post on Threads. To handle this type of processing power, Zuckerberg said Meta is on track to have about 350,000 Nvidia AI chips by the end of the year. The company also plans to grow and bring its two major AI research groups – called FAIR and GenAI – together to accelerate the company’s work, Zuckerberg said. He said he believes the company’s vision for AI and the virtual space metaverse are connected.
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