Meta, Alexandr Wang and Scale AI
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Alexandr Wang says Neuralink and other brain-computer interfaces will help kids learn in "crazy ways."
Alexandr Wang, son of nuclear physicists, dropped out of MIT to co-found Scale AI, a company providing crucial data for AI development. Scale AI's rapid growth led to a $7 billion valuation, making Wang the world's youngest self-made billionaire.
Tech mogul Alexandr Wang says he wont have kids until brain chips like Neuralink are ready. Believing childhood neuroplasticity offers the best window for adopting superintelligence, Wang envisions a future where children learn to use brain-computer interfaces intuitively.
Mark Zuckerberg's biggest bet on Meta AI will ride on the back of a fellow dropout who has dazzled Silicon Valley over the last decade.
Meta is bringing on Scale AI's CEO Alexandr Wang in a deal worth up to $15 billion to lead a new superintelligence lab and reboot its AI ambitions with cutting-edge data expertise
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Meta has hired 28-Year-Old ScaleAI CEO after investing $14.3 billion in the firm, to further its artificial intelligence development
Alexandr Wang cofounded Scale AI. He's about to become a very expensive hire at Meta.
With Scale AI founder and CEO Alexandr Wang headed to Meta for high-profile role in artificial intelligence, the startup is promoting its strategy head.