Overview

• Meta completed its $14 billion investment for a 49 percent stake in Scale AI in mid-June, placing founder Alexandr Wang in charge of its new superintelligence efforts.
• Meta Superintelligence Labs brings together its foundations, product and FAIR teams to focus on advancing models like Llama 4.1 and researching the next generation of AI.
• At least eight senior researchers—including Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and Xiaohua Zhai—have departed OpenAI for Meta, with Beyer publicly refuting reports of nine-figure signing bonuses.
• OpenAI Chief Research Officer Mark Chen likened the talent exodus to a break-in and announced a recalibration of compensation and other retention incentives for remaining staff.
• OpenAI will implement a rare weeklong company shutdown next week to help employees recharge and blunt Meta’s aggressive recruitment push.