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Alexandr Wang says Neuralink and other brain-computer interfaces will help kids learn in "crazy ways."
One of the terms of Meta's $14.3 billion investment in Wang's company, Scale AI, was that he joins Meta in a leadership role.
Alexandr Wang, once the youngest self-made billionaire in the world, has agreed to join Meta to work on AI “superintelligence,” leaving the startup that made him rich after dropping out of MIT. Alexandr Wang’s Scale AI just inked a $14.
The negotiations started as just one billionaire tech founder talking to another. Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg approached Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang in mid-April about a potentially industry-shaking deal.
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Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang is delaying having children until brain-computer interfaces like Neuralink are readily available. Wang believes that children born with Neuralink technology will learn to use it in unprecedented ways,
Tech mogul Alexandr Wang says he won’t 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.
Despite the $14.3 billion investment that is shaking up the AI landscape, OpenAI's CFO says the company plans to keep working with Scale AI.
Scale AI plans to promote Jason Droege, the company's strategy chief, to run the artificial intelligence startup, CNBC confirmed. Meta is finalizing a $14 billion investment into Scale AI, CNBC previously reported.