Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, arrives for a meeting with international investors in IA at the Elysee Palace as part of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2025.
Meta is forming a new artificial intelligence research lab and bringing on Alexandr Wang, founder and CEO of the startup Scale AI, according to The New York Times.
The research lab is going to pursue a concept known as "superintelligence," which is an AI system that surpasses human intelligence, the Times reported Tuesday. Meta is also in advanced talks to invest more than $10 billion in Scale AI, according to a report from Bloomberg.
Scale AI declined to comment. Meta did not respond to CNBC's request for comment.
The reported research lab is Meta's latest effort to gain an edge in the fiercely competitive AI development space. Meta has been pouring billions of dollars into the technology, announcing plans to spend as much as $65 billion in capital expenditures for AI infrastructure this year.