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Zuckerberg announces new AI hires for “Meta Superintelligence Labs”

Zuckerberg has been actively recruiting top AI researchers from competitors reportedly by offering compensation packages worth $100 million.

Jon Keegan

6/30/25 2:11PM

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially announced the initial roster of AI researchers that he recruited away from his competitors. In an internal memo to employees, Zuckerberg said the new team will be called “Meta Superintelligence Labs,” headed by Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, per Bloomberg.

Wang will be assisted by Nat Friedman, the former CEO of Microsoft’s GitHub. The memo reportedly listed 11 new hires from the intensely competitive AI field, including top researchers from Google, DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic.

According to multiple reports, Meta has offered massive compensation packages worth up to $100 million to the AI engineers it sought to poach from the competition. Reports said the company plans to hire more than 50 people for the team.

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A new analysis by Bloomberg looked at wholesale electricity prices and found that in the past five years, areas near data centers saw their prices spike as much as 267%. More than 70% of the price increases took place in areas less than 50 miles from a data center.

As tech companies race to build colossal data centers, unprecedented energy demands from the projects are passing some of the costs on to consumers.

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Americans still have hang-ups about using AI as a shopping assistant

Could ChatGPT’s new instant checkout help move the needle?

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OpenAI’s first-half 2025 sales were 16% higher than all of 2024

OpenAI brought in $4.3 billion in revenue in the first half of this year, 16% higher than its total revenue in 2024, The Information reports, citing financial disclosures to shareholders. The ChatGPT maker also burned through $2.5 billion in the same time frame.

Currently the company is generating more than $1 billion in revenue each month, which puts it on track to reach its full-year projection for $13 billion in revenue and $8.5 billion in cash burn — a paltry sum compared to the $115 billion it expects to burn through 2029.

OpenAI’s First Half Results: $4.3 Billion in Sales, $2.5 Billion Cash Burn

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What analysts expect from Tesla’s last quarter with the $7,500 tax credit

Tesla reports Q3 delivery numbers this week.

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Wired: OpenAI plans to launch a TikTok-like app for its AI videos

OpenAI is planning to launch its own social media app to showcase AI videos generated by its Sora 2, Wired reports. The Sora 2 stand-alone app apparently looks a lot like TikTok with vertical videos, a For You page, and the ability to remix videos — which, unlike TikTok, are all created by AI. So far it’s only available internally.

The drawn-out TikTok negotiations have given OpenAI a window to launch a short-form video app without ties to China, sources told Wired.

The Sora 2 app also includes an “identification verification feature” that would let users confirm their likeness and let others use it as well.

OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos