Zuckerberg pivots to personal intelligence, underscores AI safety in Meta’s new AI plan

Mark Zuckerberg is betting on personal intelligence as the boss of the social networking platform. The Meta CEO shared his vision to bring “personal superintelligence to everyone.”

“As profound as the abundance produced by AI may one day be, an even more meaningful impact on our lives will likely come from everyone having a personal superintelligence that helps you achieve your goals, create what you want to see in the world, experience any adventure, be a better friend to those you care about, and grow to become the person you aspire to be,” he said in a company blog. 

Claiming his vision is different from the one rival AI firms are pursuing, Mr. Zuckerberg said “the benefits of superintelligence should be shared with the world as broadly as possible.”

Cautioning that the advances in AI will raise novel safety concerns, he said there is a “need to be rigorous about mitigating these risks and careful about what we choose to open source.”

Mr. Zuckerberg has been ramping up Meta with top AI talent with attractive compensation packages. The new recruits in the superintelligence team will be led by former Scale AI CEO, Alexandr Wang. Shengjia Zhao, the co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT will serve as chief scientist of the team.