Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about abandoning Meta’s most powerful open source A.I. model in favor of developing a closed one.

OpenAI researcher Jason Wei will reportedly join Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab. Another team member, Hyung Won Chung, might also join Meta, as the company works to catch up to rivals in the AGI race.

Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta Platforms has reportedly hired two top researchers from OpenAI—Jason Wei and Hyung Won Chung—for its ambitious new superintelligence lab.

Jason Wei and Hyung Won Chung have left OpenAI to join Meta's superintelligence lab, as the tech giants intensify their battle for top AI talent.

Meta Platforms ( META) is going big on artificial intelligence (AI). It has been investing and hiring more staff to take advantage of opportunities related to AI. Recently, it unveiled its newest division: Meta Superintelligence Labs, also known as MSL.

Researchers Jason Wei and Hyung Won Chung are said to be joining Meta’s superintelligence lab, the latest of several high-profile OpenAI researchers and developers to be plucked by the social media giant.

Meta Platforms is racing to secure top artificial intelligence talent for its newly created Superintelligence Labs to better compete with rivals including OpenAI, Google and Anthropic.

Meta Platforms' new Superintelligence lab is reportedly reconsidering the release of its open-source AI model Llama 4 Behemoth, weighing a shift toward closed-source development. This marks a potential pivot away from Meta's previous open-source strategy amid concerns over performance and competitive pressures.

Meta (NASDAQ:META)’s newly formed superintelligence lab is discussing potential changes to the company’s artificial intelligence strategy that could represent a major shift for the social media giant.

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa reports on the artificial intelligence arms race between major tech companies, including Meta, Alphabet, Nvidia and Microsoft.

Meta has recruited Matt Deitke, co-founder of Seattle-based AI startup Vercept, to join its newly formed Superintelligence Lab — the high-profile effort by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to develop powerful new forms of artificial intelligence.