Meta Platforms has restructured its artificial intelligence group for a third time in as many months. Meta Superintelligence Labs is now organized into four groups: general research, superintelligence, AI products, and infrastructure (data centers and hardware). The move comes after newly hired Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang has had a chance to settle in. The aim is to better leverage the billions of dollars spent recruiting talent and more quickly get AI products to market as well as achieving the company’s longer-term goal of developing artificial general intelligence. Continue reading Meta Superintelligence Labs Continues to Restructure Groups

Meta Platforms has shared additional details on its next generation of AI infrastructure. The company has designed two custom silicon chips, including one for training and running AI models and eventually powering metaverse functions like virtual reality and augmented reality. Another chip is tailored to optimize video processing. Meta publicly discussed its internal chip development last week ahead of a Thursday virtual event on AI infrastructure. The company also showcased an AI-optimized data center design and talked about phase two of deployment of its 16,000 GPU supercomputer for AI research. Continue reading Meta In-House Chip Designs Include Processing for AI, Video