Meta reportedly splits its AI team to build products faster
In Brief
Meta is dividing its AI department into two new teams, according to a report from Axios. Now, the company's AI personnel will be assigned to an AI products team, or an AGI Foundations unit. No jobs appear to have been cut.
The AI products team will focus on consumer-facing efforts like the AI features within Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, as well as Meta's new standalone AI app.
The AGI Foundations unit will focus on more of the bigger picture efforts, like improving its Llama models.
As companies like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic make moves, Meta is trying its best to stay neck-and-neck with the competition. The company recently launched a Llama for Startups program to encourage early stage companies to use their products for generative AI applications. Meanwhile, much of Meta's LlamaCon event in April was geared toward showing that it can compete with OpenAI.
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