AI Labs: Zuckerberg’s $100bn gamble

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The episode discusses Mark Zuckerberg's significant investment in transforming Meta into an AI company and the challenges he faces in the AI race.

Mark Zuckerberg created the world’s biggest social media company in Facebook, before deciding the future lay in the metaverse. Now he’s spending hundreds of billions of dollars to transform Meta again, this time into an AI company. Will it work? Murad Ahmed speaks to FT tech reporters Cristina Criddle and Hannah Murphy about Zuckerberg’s efforts to catch up in the AI race, and whether his vision of ‘personal superintelligence’ will win over consumers.  FT articles free to read:  Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s turbulent bet on AI Meta releases first AI model since Zuckerberg’s spending spree Meta to mine AI interactions to help target advertising Tech Tonic is hosted by Murad Ahmed and produced by Edwin Lane. The executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Sound design by Breen Turner and Sam Giovinco.  Tell us what you think of Tech Tonic! Complete this short survey and you’ll get the chance to win a pair of Bose QuietComfort wireless headphones. Prize draw winners’ surnames and regions may be made available upon request, as required by the Advertising Standards Authority. If you do not want your information to be made available, please email Privacy.Officer@ft.com upon entry…

People in this episode

Host: Murad Ahmed

Guests: Cristina Criddle, Hannah Murphy

Topics covered

• AI
• technology
• business
• Meta
• Mark Zuckerberg
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• AI
• Meta
• Mark Zuckerberg
• social media
• personal superintelligence
• technology investment

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Organizations: Facebook, Meta, FT, Advertising Standards Authority, Privacy Policy

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