Is Meta's Superintelligence Overhaul a Sign Its AI Goals Are Struggling?

Meta is splitting its AI division Meta Superintelligence Labs less than two months after the company announced its formation in June.

The group will be split into four smaller groups, according to a New York Times report . One group will focus on AI research, another one on infrastructure and hardware projects, one on AI products, and another one on building out AI superintelligence, a hypothetical AI system that could outperform human intelligence on any and all scales.

Facebook did not respond to a request for comment.

Superintelligence is Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s holy grail, but the timeline on that could take years, maybe decades, and some experts are skeptical that AI can even reach superintelligence to begin with.

Along with the restructuring, Meta is also looking at down