Meta forms ‘AI Superintelligence’ team as Mark Zuckerberg personally recruits top talent

Meta is forming an “AI Superintelligence” team, with Mark Zuckerberg personally overseeing recruitment and offering seven to nine-figure compensation packages to attract talent from rivals like Google and OpenAI. The effort, which includes a multibillion-dollar deal with Scale AI, comes after criticism of Meta's Llama 4 model and aims to push beyond artificial general intelligence toward superintelligence. Zuckerberg is reportedly leveraging Meta’s strong ad business to finance the initiative without external fundraising.