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Meta Launches Superintelligence Labs Under New AI Chief

Published JUL 1 2025

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Above: Mark Zuckerberg wears Orion augmented reality glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. Image credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Spin

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The superintelligence approach wastes resources on theoretical goals, whereas applied intelligence delivers real-world solutions more efficiently. Companies pursuing superintelligence will spend hundreds of billions with little to show for it, while those focusing on practical applications will capture market share and generate actual returns.

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 95% chance that artificial superintelligence will precede the achievement of longevity escape velocity, if either occurs by year 2300, according to the Metaculus prediction community.