โEven by #SiliconValleyโs historically rarefied standards, #BigAI is spending stratospheric amounts on talent this year. #Meta (Facebook) has invested $15bn in #ScaleAI, a #data labelling start-up that claims just 900 #employees.
Scaleโs 28-year-old chief executive, #AlexanderWang, will take up a job at a new Meta lab devoted to creating #AI โ#superintelligenceโ. His cash and equity in the deal is reported to be worth some $5bn, making him one of the most expensive so-called โ#AcquiHiresโ on record.โ
#AGI <https://www.ft.com/content/9e9fde8e-37bd-477d-8ebc-6d0a8b70f246> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/pwK9X>
