Overview
- Meta confirmed it has reorganized Meta Superintelligence Labs into four groups: a unit led by AI chief Alexandr Wang, FAIR, Products and Applied Research led by Nat Friedman, and MSL Infra led by Aparna Ramani.
- The New York Times reports Meta is considering eliminating or reassigning roles across its expanded AI workforce, with some executive departures expected and discussions still fluid.
- Meta is exploring use of third-party AI models, a shift from relying solely on in-house systems such as Llama, according to multiple reports.
- The restructuring follows an aggressive hiring spree and soaring spend, including a roughly $14 billion investment in Scale AI, pay packages for top recruits from OpenAI, Google and Apple, and capital expenditures that CFO Susan Li said could reach about $72 billion this year.
- Regulatory scrutiny has intensified, with a Texas attorney general investigation and a Senate subcommittee probe into whether Meta’s generative-AI products caused harms or misled users, while advertisers press for transparency, control and clear ROI from new AI tools.