Tech is emulating startups by embracing small teams packed with star staff. The big question is whether the strategy can transform giants like Meta.

In a new post, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company’s AI is on the slow road to superintelligence, a technological threshold beyond artificial general intelligence (AGI) when AI can begin improving itself.

The dramatic reorganization of Meta Superintelligence Labs comes amid a massive talent exodus and bitter internal tensions, according to a report.

Meta has restructured its AI group, splitting Meta Superintelligence Labs into four new teams. The move, driven by new AI chief Alexandr Wang, reflects both internal pressures and the need to compete with OpenAI and Google.

"The wellbeing of children should not be sacrificed in the race for AI development," the lawmakers fumed in their scathing letter to Zuckerberg.

As the race to build ever-more powerful artificial intelligence slows to a crawl, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is getting desperate. Over the summer, the world's third richest man pulled out all the stops in the hopes of inching ahead of the competition — namely,

Meta is once again shuffling its artificial intelligence division, this time splitting it into four separate groups. But alongside the reorganisation, questions are being raised about possible job cuts.

So far the most Meta has to show for it is a glitchy chatbot, a growing chorus of irritated users, and frustrated shareholders who would like to have something show for the billions of dollars spent on the project.