Meta just invested more than $14 billion into data labeling start-up Scale AI, acquiring a 49% equity stake in the process.

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars over the next several years to build a series of massive artificial intelligence (AI) data centers — each with power demands measured in gigawatts — as part of the company's accelerating push toward developing superintelligence.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced an ambitious plan to position the company as a leader in artificial intelligence by

Meta deepens its AI wearables push with a $3.51 billion stake in EssilorLuxottica, aiming to expand smart glasses production and strengthen its superintelligence team.

Alexandr Wang, the 28-year-old co-founder and former CEO of Scale AI, has stepped down to lead a new superintelligence division at Meta. According to newly appointed CEO Jason Droege, fewer than a dozen of Scale’s 1,500 employees have followed Wang to his new post.

As the AI arms race intensifies, Meta’s latest move signals a strategic emphasis on speech and voice interfaces.

The integration of Play AI into Meta is expected to strengthen the tech giant’s capabilities in voice technology, as well as AI-driven solutions. This comes at a time when Meta is on an acquisition and hiring spree in an effort to strengthen its AI-related developments.

Meta has made AI its primary focus, investing heavily in infrastructure such as chips and data centres while recruiting top talent to develop AI models and features